The Consumer Affairs Authority has issued an Extraordinary Gazette Notification listing maximum retail prices on several types of rice.
Accordingly, a kilogram of white and red nadu rice will be sold at Rs.220, a kilogram of white and red samba at Rs.230, and a kilogram of keeri samba at Rs.260.
The Consumer Affairs Authority informed that suppliers, manufacturers, producers, distributors or traders cannot sell, supply, expose or offer for sale, display for sale the varieties of rice, exceeding the maximum retail prices.
The Authority informed that the directive is effective as of the 2nd of May.
