Question : PRICES OF ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES FOR BPL PEOPLE

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION ( SHRI SRIRAM CHAUHAN )

(a) & (b) : The Central Issue Prices (CIPs) of wheat and rice distributed under PDS have been revised with effect from 25.7.2000 as under:-

(Rs. per quintal)	Commodity	BPL	APL
Wheat	415	830	Rice 
(i)Common	565
(ii)Grade`A`	565	1130

The CIPs have been revised on the recommendations of Expenditure Reforms Commission(ERC) and in the light of reduction in economic cost of wheat and rice.

In order to reduce the burden of subsidy on exchequer, Central Government revised the Retail Issue Price (RIP) of sugar to Rs.13.00 per kg. with effect from 1.3.2000. Some State Governments requested to roll back the RIP of sugar, but the request was not found feasible.

The ex-storage point price, retail selling price and the price under parallel marketing scheme(PMS) of kerosene oil in four metropolitan cities viz. Delhi, Calcutta, Mumbai and Chennai are given in the Statement at Annexure-A.

ANNEXURE-A

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) &(b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2149 FOR ANSWER IN THE LOK SABHA ON 04-08-2000.

STATEMENT SHOWING THE EX-STORAGE POINT PRICE, RETAIL SELLING PRICE AND THE PRICE UNDER PARALLEL MARKETING SCHEME OF KEROSENE OIL IN FOUR METROPOLITAN CITIES.

(Rs./litre)
DELHI	CALCUTTA	MUMBAI	CHENNAI
Ex-storage point Price	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50
Retail Selling Price	5.55	5.87	5.57	5.64
Price under PMS +	14.00-16.00	13.00-14.00	11.00-13.00	13.00-14.00
+ The PMS selling price of Kerosene fluctuates depending on the market economies.