Hakeem Yaseen urges for adequate supply of food grains at subsidized rates

Increase in prices of essential commodities, building materials cause of concern

Increase in prices of essential commodities, building materials cause of concern

Srinagar May 19 (KNS): Chairman People's Democratic Front ( PDF ) and former Minister Hakeem Muhammad Yaseen has urged the Centre to ensure distribution of foodgrains at affordable prices to the people especially belonging to the economically weaker sections ( EWS) and middle class people of the society . He said interests of the common consumers should be protected at all costs in the proposed changes and modification in the existing food distribution system . He said sky rocketing prices of essential commodities and building materials have broken backbone of common people who need to be provided special concessions in the form of subsidies. .
In a statement issued on Thursday Hakeem Yaseen while urging the Center to ensure hassle free distribution of food grains at affordable prices to the people through government ration deops , said that interests of the consumers should be protected at all costs . He has also expressed serious concern over the alarming level of increase in the prices of building materials . He said proposed changes in the existing food distribution system should in no way further add to the burdens of poor consumers . He has demanded enhanced subsidy on essential commodities and building materials for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS )of the society .
PDF Chairman has expressed serious concern over the alarming level of increase in the prices of essential commodities adding that government should act tough to check profiteering and black marketeering effectively . He said concerned field agencies have miserably failed to get hold of unscrupulous shopkeepers and traders adding profiteers were ruling the roost in the market . He has called for extensive and effective market checking to contain rising prices of essentials. (KNS)

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