Representatives from Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Intelligence Bureau, Delhi Police, NAFED,  DGFT, Ministry of External Affairs, Delhi Government attended the meeting. The representatives briefed the group about the prevailing scenario with respect to essential food items. It was informed by representatives of Agriculture that arrivals of Kharif onions have started and prices have since shown stable to declining trend. These are likely to increase in the coming days/ weeks. The following key decisions were taken based on the deliberations:

To augment availability of Pulses across the nation, proper policy interventions may be recommended at the proper time.

All the Chief Secretaries will be advised again to hold regular meetings with wholesalers, traders, importers, exporters etc. of onions, pulses, edible oils & oilseeds etc. at State and district levels especially during the festive season i.e. upto December, 2019.

The Committee of Police of NCR States should hold regular meetings under the Chairmanship of a Senior Delhi Police officer to keep watch on hoarding of stock by the traders near the State borders of Delhi and take suitable action against them.

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