Centre has decided to track the prices of 22 essential food items in 114 cities and other centres more closely and step in where cost goes up by over 15%. Food and consumer affairs minister Ram Vilas Paswan directed government-owned Nafed to fast-track supply of pulses to states. Nafed will supply 1.9 lakh tonnes of pulses per month and it has stock of about 40 lakh tonnes.

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