'Check rising wholesale price index'

Despite the recently increasing export of provisions like rice and onions, the whole sale price index is still on the rise owing to the absence of effective supply chain.


As a result, about 30 to 35 per cent of the share has been affected. There should be an effective mechanism to check this, said Public Distribution Minister K V Thomas.


 He was speaking at the district-level inauguration of Consumerfed’s vegetable stall here on Saturday.