Atta Price: The government has given a big relief to the customers who buy flour at a higher price. The government is going to start the supply of cheap flour soon. Customers can buy flour under the open market sale scheme at Rs 29.50 per kg. The government will sell it under the name of ‘Bharat Atta’. Its sale will start from 6 February.
A statement from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs said that flour can be purchased from government outlets for Rs 29.50 per kg. It has been informed in the statement that the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) and the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) will start selling it from 6 February.
At what price is flour being sold in the country now?
Right now the price of flour in the country is more than Rs 38 per kg. In such a situation, this scheme of the government will make flour available to the people at a cheaper rate. Sanjeev Chopra, Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution has reviewed the Open Market Sale Scheme in a meeting.
What was the decision taken in the meeting
It has been decided in the meeting that Kendriya Bhandar, NAFED and NCCF institutions will lift wheat up to 3 LMT from Food Corporation of India (FCI) depots. After this, after converting this wheat into flour, through many retail shops and government outlets, flour will be given to the customers for Rs 29.50.
30 lakh metric tonnes of wheat will be launched in the open market
A statement from the ministry said that the institutions have agreed to sell flour at Rs 29.50 per kg. Kendriya Bhandar has started supplying flour from Thursday itself, while NCCF and NAFED will start supplying it from 6 February. Let us inform that before this, Home Minister Amit Shah had reviewed the Open Market Scheme on 25 January. It was decided to release 30 lakh metric tonnes of wheat under this scheme.
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