FOCS appeals for Price Fixation Committee
Source: The Sangai Express
Thoubal, May 23 2023:
Federation of Civil Society Organisations (FOCS), Manipur has appealed to the State Government to constitute a Price Fixation Committee to control the skyrocketing prices of essential commodities.
A statement issued by Soibam Surjit, secretary general, FOCS, Thoubal District Committee has also urged micro finance institutes in Thoubal area to stop collecting interests from the public in view of the hardships people are collectively facing.
Further, FOCS decried the silence of the Weight & Measures Department at a time when prices are soaring and questioned if the department is colluding with big traders of the State.
Further, FOCS questioned if these big traders are above the State Government as they allegedly continue to hike up prices of daily essential items.