Ahead of the Diwali pageant, the Centre formally launched the sale of wheat flour at a subsidised charge of Rs 27.50 per kg underneath the model title ‘Bharat Atta’ throughout the nation to offer aid to shoppers
Ahead of the Diwali pageant, the Centre on Monday formally launched the sale of wheat flour at a subsidised charge of Rs 27.50 per kg underneath the model title ‘Bharat Atta’ throughout the nation to offer aid to shoppers from excessive costs. ‘Bharat Atta’ will probably be bought via cooperatives NAFED, NCCF and Kendriya Bhandar through 800 cellular vans and a couple of,000-odd retailers unfold throughout the nation.
The subsidised charge is decrease than the prevailing market charge of Rs 36-70 per kg, relying on the standard and placement. In February, the federal government had carried out a pilot sale of 18,000 tonnes of ‘Bharat Atta’ at Rs 29.50 per kilogramme via these cooperatives in few retailers as half of the Price Stabilisation Fund scheme.
Flagging off 100 cellular vans of ‘Bharat Atta’ at the Kartavya Path right here, Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal stated: “Now that we have tested and been successful, we decided to do a formal launch so that everywhere in the country can get atta at Rs 27.50 per kg.”
The sale of wheat flour throughout the check run was much less because it was retailed solely via just a few retailers. However, there will probably be a greater decide up this time because the product will probably be bought through 800 cellular vans and a couple of,000 retailers of these three companies throughout the nation, he stated.
Goyal stated about 2.5 lakh tonnes of wheat will probably be allotted from the Food Corporation of India (FCI) at Rs 21.50 per kg to Nafed, NCCF and Kendriya Bhandar. They will convert it into wheat flour and promote it at Rs 27.50 per kg underneath the model ‘Bharat Atta’.
This will assist enhance availability and examine costs of wheat flour, he added.
The minister additional stated that the federal government’s intervention of promoting just a few important commodities — chana dal, tomato and onion — at a subsidised charge is yielding good ends in controlling the value rise.
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Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar stated out of a complete of 2.5 lakh tonnes of wheat, about one lakh tonnes every will probably be supplied to Nafed and NCCF, whereas 50,000 tonnes to Kendriya Bhandar. The cellular vans and retailers of these three companies will promote three commodities — wheat flour at Rs 27.50 per kg, chana dal at Rs 60 per kg and onion at Rs 25 per kg, he stated.
Ministers of State for Food and Consumer Affairs Ashwini Kumar Choubey and Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra, and senior officers of Nafed, NCCF and Kendriya Bhandar had been current at the occasion.
