Centre expands ‘Bharat’ atta sale to curb rising wheat flour price

With wheat flour (atta) too becoming costly around the festival season, the Union Food and Consumer Affairs Ministry released more stocks of ‘Bharat’ brand atta through 100 mobile vans and through the outlets of Kendriya Bhandar, National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India Limited (NCCF) and National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited (NAFED) here on Monday. The atta will be available at ₹27.50 per kg. The national average price of atta as on Monday was ₹35.93.

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Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Textiles and Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal flagged off 100 mobile vans for sale of wheat flour (Atta) under ‘Bharat’ brand, today from Kartavya Path, New Delhi. (Source: Kamal Narang)