Govt constitutes high level panel to look into volatility in pulses prices

The Act promises coarse cereals at Re 1 per kg, wheat at Rs 2 per kg and rice at Rs 3 per kg to more than 810 million beneficiaries in the country

The Central government has decided to constitute a high-level committee to look into volatility in pulses prices, Food Minister Ramvilas Paswan said on Tuesday.

It has also decided to keep the prices of rice, wheat and other coarse cereals distributed through the Public Distribution System (PDS) under the National Food Security Act unchanged for one more year, he said.

"Daam badhe to dikkat, ghate to dikkat (it's a problem when prices of pulses go up and it creates a problem when it goes down)! Do you remember how much backlash we had to face during Bihar Assembly elections?," asked Ram Vilas Paswan,