Rawalpindi:
Due to the strong taxes in the federal budget for fiscal year 26, there has been a strong increase in the prices of essential items in the open market, including milk, sugar, ghee, cooking oil, tea, toothpaste, legumes, flour, refined flour, gram and soap flour. His supply has also begun to decrease.
According to a wholesale market survey, the prices of all essential foods and domestic items are expected to increase by 25% to 30% from July 1. There is also a warning that spice prices can increase by 35% to 40%.
However, due to Eidul Azha’s blessings, chicken prices have decreased significantly, but customer participation remains low. Butchers’ stores that sell lamb and meat remain closed during EID and are expected to remain closed for another week.
In the open market, the sugar has reached RS190 per kg. According to Salem Parvez Butt, president of the Kiryana Merchants Association, it can reach RS200 per Kg in the first week of July.
Flour prices have increased by RS10 per kg, refined flour (maida) has increased by RS15 per kg, loose milk is sold to RS200 per liter, yogurt at RS220 per kg, kitchen oil has a price of RS550 per liter, ghee at RS530 per kg,
Similarly, in the lentils, Daal Chana is sold to RS390 per kg, white chickpeas to RS450 per kg and dirt from Daal to RS560 per kg. The living chicken has become cheaper to sell to RS350 per kg, while clean chicken meat is sold to RS540 per kg. The eggs are sold at RS288 per dozen.
In the open market, the suppliers are charging RS250 to RS400 per kg by apples, RS300 per kg for mangoes, RS200 to RS250 per dozen for bananas, RS500 per box for cherry box, RS300 per kg for false, RS250 to RS300 per kg for Apricot for watermelon, RS110 per kg for melon For musk melon.
Moving, potatoes are sold at RS60 per kg, onions to RS60 to RS70 per kg, tomatoes at RS60 to RS70 per kg, garlic at RS250 to RS300 per kg, ginger to RS550 per kg, arvi to RS200 per kg, bitter gourd (karela) kg, cauliflower to rs150 per kg, Tinta A RS160 per kg, green peppers at RS150 per kg and coriander to RS40 per group.