Rice from millers to local retailers: Telangana Civil Supplies Department’s new price control measure

Local retailers have been asked to contact the district civil supply officers to get rice supplies directly from the millers. | Photo credit: MOHD ARIF

To control rice prices, the Telangana Civil Supplies Department on Monday (November 9) announced that it will facilitate the supply of food grains directly from rice mills to local retailers, cutting out wholesalers and traders. The retailers have been asked to contact the concerned District Civil Supply Officer (DCSO) to submit their indent (request for supplies) and get the rice supplies directly from the millers.

Responding to traders’ recent claims of stock shortages, the department on Monday (Nov 9) strongly advised brokers not to create rumors of shortages to drive up prices. Civil Supplies Department Director and Chief Allotment Officer (CRO) GV Shyam Prasad Lal urged local vendors not to panic and hike prices due to manufactured pressures.

The announcement comes about ten days after the government fixed the prices of three varieties of fine rice. The maximum retail price (MRP) of BPT and KNM rice has been capped at ₹66 per kg, RNR and Telangana Sona at ₹74 per kg and popular varieties HMT and JSR at ₹79 per kg. Retailers have been instructed to prominently display the MRP.

At the same time, the enforcement task force along with legal metrology was engaged in inspections and found irregularities in the sale of rice, including low weight bags (adding 26kg labels to 25kg bags), adding higher MRP to the original prices. The ministry announced on Monday that it is preparing to use the PD Act against habitual offenders.

Published – 9 Nov 2026 18:48 IST