Submitting a memorandum to Minister for Commerce and Supplies Rajendra Mahato on Monday, Jyoti Baniya, general secretary of Consumers Rights Protection Forum, asked the government to make the central and district level market monitoring committees active and more effective.
Baniya also demanded the government to formulate price fixation policy and related guidelines along with ensuring quality of supplies.
The forum also suggested to the government to intervene into the market by supplying essential commodities at cheaper rates and effectively monitoring the consumers´ co-operatives.
The delegation also drew the government attention to continue the market monitoring and set up Consumers Court at central level and Consumers Commissioner at district level.
Receiving the memorandum, minister Mahato assured the delegation that the government would continue the recently initiated market monitoring so as to discourage black marketeering, artificial price hike and hoarding of essential commodities.
Responding to the abnormal hike in the price of essential commodities in the market, the government had recently raided four big warehouses in the capital.
Mahato also said the preparation was at the final stage to establish the Department of Consumer Interests and Supplies Management to ensure smooth supply of essential commodities, speed up market monitoring and control spiraling prices in the market.
He also said other food commodities in addition to rice, edible oil, refined flour and sugar will be distributed through Nepal Food Corporation, Salt Trading Corporation and National Trading Corporation.
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