Amid concern of ‘profiteering’, FinMin to compile price data of common use items

In a letter to principal chief commissioners and chief commissioners of central GST zones on Tuesday, the department has sought commodity-wise price data on fast-moving consumer goods, food and educational items, and drugs and medicines, as well as cement and white goods, from the field offices and trade associations under their jurisdiction for the next six months. The first report has to be subm…