Rawalpindi:
Due to the high taxation in the federal budget for exercise 26, there has been a sharp increase in the prices of essential items on the free market, in particular milk, sugar, ghee, cooking oil, tea, toothpaste, legumes, flour, refined flour, gram flour and soap. Their supply has also started to decrease.
According to a wholesale market study, prices of all essential foods and household items should increase by 25% to 30% compared to July 1. There is also a warning that spices prices can increase from 35% to 40%.
However, due to the blessings of Eidul Azha, chicken prices have dropped considerably, but the customer participation rate remains low. Bouchers stores selling sheep and beef remain closed during Eid and should remain closed for another week.
On the free market, sugar has reached RS190 per kg. According to Saleem Parvez Butt, the president of the Kiryana Merchants Association, he could reach 200 rupees per kg during the first week of July.
Flour prices have increased from RS10 per kg, refined flour (Maida) has increased from RS15 per kg, bulk milk is sold at Rs200 per liter, yogurt at Rs220 per kg, cooking oil is at RS550 per liter, Ghee at Rs530 per kg,
Similarly, in lentils, Daal Chana is sold to RS390 per kg, white chickpeas at Rs450 per kg and Daal puree to Rs560 per kg. Living chicken has become cheaper to be sold at Rs350 per kg, while clean chicken meat is sold to Rs540 per kg. The eggs are sold to Rs288 by dozen.
On the free market, sellers charge 250 rupees at 400 rupees per kg for apples, RS300 per kg for mangoes, RS200 to Rs250 per dozen for bananas, RS500 per box for cherries, RS300 per kg for Falsa, RS250 to Rs300 per kg for apricots, RS400 per kg for prums. Watermelon, RS110 per kg for the melon and RS100 per kg for the musk melon.
Moving Forward, Potatoes Are Being Sold at RS60 per kg, onions at RS60 to rs70 per kg, tomatoes at rs60 to rs70 per kg, garlic at rs250 to rs300 per kg, ginger at rs550 per kg, arvi at rs200 per kg, bitter gourd (karela) at rs80 per kg, lemons At RS600 per kg, cauliflower at Rs150 per kg, Tinda at RS160 per kg, green peppers at Rs150 per kg and coriander at Rs40 by cluster.
