IANS | 29 Mar, 2024
In order to prevent hoarding and speculation by unscrupulous
elements, the Central government on Friday announced that all retail and
wholesale traders of wheat in the country will have to declare their
stock position on the official portal with effect from April 1.
The official portal can be accessed at https://evegoils.nic.in/wheat/login.html)
The stock position will have to be updated every Friday until further orders, the directive said.
The
Department of Food and Public Distribution said it is maintaining a
close watch over the stock position of wheat and rice to control prices
and ensure easy availability in the country.
The order is
applicable to traders/wholesalers, retailers, big chain retailers and
processors in all states and union territories.
All the respective legal entities will have to ensure that stocks are regularly and correctly disclosed on the portal.
The
order states that the Wheat Stock Limit is expiring on March 31 for all
categories of entities in states and UTs. Thereafter, the entities have
to disclose the wheat stock on the portal.
Rice stock declaration
by all categories of entities is already in place. Any entity which is
not registered on the Portal, may register themselves and start
disclosing the wheat and rice stock on every Friday. Now, all legal
entities have to declare their Wheat and Rice stock on the portal
regularly, the order added.
