Price of pulses increases by Rs30 per kg
A key role of the central bank is to use monetary policy to achieve price stability by restricting the inflation rate to a certain level. Photo: File
The effects of the mini-budget have started taking a toll on the common man and prices of almost every daily use item has increased in the open market and Sunday markets.
The price of pulses in the open market has increased up to Rs30 per kg. The price of mutton has gone up to Rs1,400 per kg while beef is being sold at Rs700 per kg.
The chicken is being sold between Rs210 per kg and Rs215 per kg, chicken meat is being sold between Rs315 per kg and Rs320 per kg. Eggs are being sold at Rs145 a dozen.
Similarly, sugar is being sold at Rs100 per kg, ghee at Rs450 per kg, flour at Rs70 per kg and milk at Rs130 per litre. Yoghurt is being sold at Rs140 per kg, potatoes between Rs20 and 35 per kg, onion between Rs 20 and Rs30 per kg and tomatoes at Rs120 and Rs160 per kg. Garlic is being sold at Rs230 to Rs350 per kg, while ginger at Rs350 per kg, cucumber Rs50 per kg, aubergine Rs60 per kg, radish at Rs20 per kg, carrot Rs40 per kg, lemon Rs70 per kg, peas Rs90 per kg, taro root Rs60 per kg, green chillies Rs150 per kg.
Similarly, capsicum is being sold at Rs160 per kg, apples are being sold between Rs70 to Ra200 per kg, guavas between Rs70 to Rs100 per kg, pomegranates between Rs 120 and Rs350 per kg, bananas between Rs50 and Rs90 per dozen and kinows between Rs100 and Rs200 per dozen.
In the Rawalpindi district, 60 price control magistrates have failed to control artificial inflation, however, they have failed to control it. Each seller and vendor has fixed his own price for vegetables, fruit and other daily use items.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 7th, 2022.