New Delhi: The government today added 16 additional commodities to the price monitoring system, taking the total number of commodities under monitoring to 38. The department said that with the addition of these 16 commodities, the total price data monitored will increase to nearly 31 percent of the total CPI weights, a PIB press release stated.
The commodities being monitored now include food items such as Bajra, Jowar, Ragi, Suji (wheat), Maida (wheat), Besan, Ghee, Butter, Brinjal, Egg, Black Pepper, Coriander, Cummin seed, Red chillies, Turmeric powder and Banana. The government said that the increase in coverage of food items under daily price monitoring will help in controlling inflation.
The Department of Consumer Affairs has been monitoring the daily prices from 550 centres across 34 States/UTs. The price data monitored by the Department provides advance inputs for policy decision for the Government, RBI and analysts regarding the CPI inflation.
The government is committed to addressing the issues of availability and affordability of essential commodities to the consumers. Price control measures taken by the central government along with robust progress in sown area under Kharif pulses this year (2024-25) have stabilised the market and the prices of Chana, Tur and Urad in major mandis had declined by up to 4 percent in the past month.