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

Local retailers were asked to contact District Civil Supplies Officers to get rice stocks directly from millets. | Photo Credit: MOHD ARIF To control prices of rice, the Telangana Civil Supplies Department announced on Monday (November 9) that it will facilitate supply of the foodgrains directly from rice millers to local retailers, doing away with wholesalers and traders. The retailers were asked to contact the District Civil Supplies Officer (DCSO) concerned to submit their indent (stock request), and get rice stock directly from the millers.Addressing recent claims by shopkeepers about a lack of stock, the department on Monday (November 9) strongly advised middlemen against creating rumours on shortage to increase prices. Director of Civil Supplies Department & Chief Rationing Officer (CRO) G.V. Shyam Prasad Lal urged local retailers not to panic or increase prices due to the manufactured pressures.The announcement comes around ten days after the government fixed prices of three fine rice varieties. The maximum retail price (MRP) of BPT and KNM rice was capped at ₹66 per kg, RNR and Telangana Sona at ₹74 per kg, and popular HMT and JSR varieties at ₹79 per kg. Directions were issued to retailers to display the MRPs prominently.Simultaneously, the department’s Enforcement Task Force along with Legal Metrology took up checks and uncovered violations in sale of rice, including underweight bags (slapping 26-kg labels on 25-kg bags), affixing higher MRP on original prices. The department announced on Monday that it is preparing to invoke the PD Act against habitual offenders. Published - November 09, 2026 06:48 pm IST