Increased Prices at Utility Stores Get Compatible With Open Market
Cold drinks, soaps, cooking oil, ghee, tea, pickle, and detergents are among the list of 123 items whose prices have been revised
In a display of apathy towards the low-income people, the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) has once again increased the prices of 123 items and it seems like the government is competing to make the prices at the subsidized stores compatible with the open market.
Cold drinks, soaps, cooking oil, ghee, tea, pickle, and detergent are among the list of items whose prices have gone out of the reach of the poor.
According to the new rate list, various brands of ghee and cooking oil, tea, and pickle have been made pricier while ketchup, match sticks, detergents and soaps hold no exception too.
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In the new notification, the rate of Dalda Canola cooking oil has been increased by Rs 51 per liter and its refreshed price is Rs 424 per liter from Rs 373.
The price of Tullo ghee has been surged by Rs 31 per kilogram, marking its new price to be Rs 297 instead of Rs 266.
Moreover, the edible oil has gone up by Rs 33 per liter and a liter pouch of Soya Supreme cooking oil will be available at Rs 285.
Meanwhile, Meezan ghee will available at Rs 313 per kilogram, the rate of Soybean Banaspati has reached Rs 280 and Kausar Banaspati will be sold at Rs 270.
On the other hand, the price of a 950-gram packet of secret tea leaves has been tagged at Rs 920 from Rs 880.
A liter-pack of bathroom cleaner Harpic is priced at Rs 498 instead of Rs 449 and the rate of a small matchbox has been raised from Rs 10 to Rs 20.
In beverages, the price of 1.5-liter bottle of different cold drink brands will be sold at Rs 84, a Rs 2 change from Rs 82.
The Capri soap will be sold at Rs 72 and a liter pouch of chicken spread has been increased by Rs 50.
