The government sells 5,830 tons of rice and 2.84 lakh tons of wheat from buffer stock to monitor retail prices
The government said on Thursday that, as part of its efforts to control retail prices by dumping food grains on the open market, it has sold 2.84 lakh tons of wheat and 5,830 tons of rice from its buffer stock to 2,334 bidders through an electronic auction. 3 lakh tons of wheat and 1.79 lakh…