(Web Desk) In terms of food prices, fluctuations continued in the year 2024.
At the beginning of the year 2024, citizens across the country were forced to buy the most expensive flour, but by the end of the year, the prices of flour decreased by a record 45 rupees per kg. The prices of dal mash, dal masoor, gram flour, sugar and rice also showed a gradual decrease trend throughout the year.
By the end of this year, the increase in the prices of moong dal, black gram, ghee and oil has put the people in trouble. According to the Wholesale Grocers Association, at the beginning of the year 2024, the city had to buy the most expensive flour, at the beginning of the year, two and a half number flour was available at the highest prices of Rs. 128 per kg, fine flour at Rs. 142 and milled flour at Rs. 150 per kg.
In December 2024, two-and-a-half-grade flour decreased by Rs. 45 to Rs. 83, fine flour decreased by Rs. 48 to Rs. 94 per kg, while milled flour decreased by Rs. 45 per kg to Rs. 105 per kg.
According to the chairman of the association, Ruf Ibrahim, the prices of ghee and oil will skyrocket in the year 2024. The prices of open oil, branded oil and ghee increased by more than Rs 100 per kg/litre. In the wholesale market, open oil increased by Rs 114 to Rs 480 and branded oil increased by Rs 125 to Rs 550 per kg.
He said that compared to January, the price of dal mash in December has decreased by 70 rupees to 390 rupees and the price of dal masoor is available at 250 rupees after a decrease of 50 rupees.
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The price of besan per kg decreased by Rs. 95 to Rs. 240, the prices of dal mung and gram dal increased. The price of gram dal increased by Rs. 75 to Rs. 380 while the price of gram dal increased by Rs. 85. 320 per kg, during the year 2024, the price of rice and sugar decreased across the country.
In January 2024, sugar was at Rs 133 per kg, which is at Rs 127 per kg in December. The price of basmati rice per kg stood at Rs 386 and the reduction in prices of rice basmati tota brought some relief to the public.