However, the Grocery Merchants Association, Milk Sellers’ Union, Nanbai (tandoor owners) Association and Meat Sellers’ Union have rejected the rates, describing them as “drawing-room figures” detached from market realities.
According to a notification issued by the DC, the newly fixed prices are as follows: loose milk at Rs190 per litre; yoghurt Rs200 per kg; red flour roti Rs14; mutton Rs1,800 per kg; beef Rs900 per kg; large white chickpeas Rs260 per kg; small white chickpeas Rs220 per kg; gram flour (besan) Rs230 per kg; split gram (coarse) Rs235 per kg; split gram (fine) Rs220 per kg; moong lentils Rs340 per kg; mash lentils Rs400 per kg; old basmati rice Rs300 per kg; new basmati rice Rs290 per kg; and broken coarse rice Rs110 per kg.
Prices of sugar, flour and ghee have been left open, as have the rates of naan, paratha and white flour roti.