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High level meeting of central ministers on food price rise ends

| | Jun 15, 2016, at 10:20 pm
New Delhi, June 15 (IBNS) The high level meeting of central ministers to rein in the spiralling prices of food ended on Wednesday, reports said.
The meeting was called by  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the face of the threat of wholesale inflation going 19-month high. 

Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh and Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, besides top officials attended the meeting.
 
The Wholesale Price Index or WPI data released on Tuesday showed that vegetable inflation rose sharply from 2.21 per cent in April to 12.94 per cent the next month.
 
Prices of vegetables, pulses and oil have shot up abnormally spelling distress for the common people.
 
Details of the meeting are yet to be received.

 

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