Hyderabad, June 26: Expressing concern at increase in prices of pulses, oils, vegetables and rice in the open market, Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy instructed senior officials concerned to go for market intervention wherever and whenever required. “While prices of pulses and oils are beyond our (Government) control, we should see to it that prices of superfine rice and vegetables are brought down to reasonable levels,” he noted.
The Chief Minister, at a review meeting on prices of essential commodities, directed the officials of Agriculture, Horticulture, Civil Supplies and Marketing departments to take steps to ensure that vegetable prices were brought under control.
“We have to play an important role as far as vegetable prices are concerned.
There is a need to increase production by increasing acreage and providing additional subsidy to farmers. Demand and supply balance should be maintained and dependence on other States reduced,” the Chief Minister told the officials.
Finance Minister K Rosaiah, Food and Civil Supplies Minister J Krishna Rao, Chief Secretary P Ramakantha Reddy, Principal Secretary (Marketing and Cooperation) Pankaj Dwivedi, Principal Secretary (Agriculture) KR Kishore, Civil Supplies Commissioner Sanjay Jaju, Finance Secretary T Satyanarayana and other senior officials concerned attended the review meeting.
–Agencies–