Crucial govt meeting today to discuss unabated rise in edible oil prices

The government has taken a couple of steps to contain the rise in edible oils prices in the last ten days. It is in the wake of the unabated rise in edible oil prices Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey is going to hold a crucial meeting today (Monday, May 24), sources told Zee Media.

New Delhi: The sporadic rise in the prices of edible oil are adding to the woes of consumers already reeling under the economic distress induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The government has taken a couple of steps to contain the rise in edible oils prices in the last ten days. It is in the wake of the unabated rise in edible oil prices Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey is going to hold a crucial meeting today (Monday, May 24), sources told Zee Media. Soybean oil prices have been sold in retail between Rs 70 and Rs 80 per kg till a year ago. However, after the spike in prices Soybean oil had to be sold for upto Rs 90 a kg in retail markets. Soybean oil prices started rising during the first lockdown in 2020 in the wake of COVID-19. The edible oil broke all inflationary records, with prices touching between Rs 165  and Rs 170 kg in retail market.