The Hindu Business Line : Stock limits on essential items in Maharashtra

The Maharashtra Government has imposed, with immediate effect, stock limits on wheat and pulses, a senior State Government official told Business Line. The limits are applicable to wholesalers operating in the urban and rural areas.

In the case of wheat, a wholesaler can stock up to 1,500 quintals in urban areas and up to 500 quintals in the rural areas. In the case of pulses, a wholesaler in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur can store a maximum of 2,000 quintals and, in the rest of Maharashtra, up to 1,000 quintals.

This stock control order will remain in force for six months, said Mr K.P. Bakshi, Secretary, Department of Food and Civil Supplies, Maharashtra.

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