New Delhi. In the week ending 7.4.2010, prices of sugar and wheat have declined at some places and remained steady at most of the centres where prices are monitored by the Department of Consumer Affairs. According to data collected by the Department of Consumer Affairs, sugar prices have declined at Delhi, Shimla, Mumbai, Jaipur, Kolkata, and Thiruvananthapuram and remained steady at all other reporting centres barring Bhubaneswar.

Prices of wheat have decreased at Delhi, Lucknow and Bangalore and remained steady at all other reporting centres except for an increase at Bhopal. Prices of pulses have remained steady at most of the reporting centres except for an increase at some places. Potato prices have declined at Raipur and Bangalore and remained steady at most of the reporting centres.

Onion prices have decreased at Shimla, Lucknow, Jaipur, Bangalore and Thiruvananthapuram and remained steady at most of other places. Prices of edible oils have declined at some places and remained steady at most of the reporting centres.

At Delhi, retail prices of rice, wheat, atta, sugar, vanaspati, onion and salt have remained steady during the week, while groundnut oil prices registered decrease of Rs. 3 per kg. Retail prices of most variety of pulses registered marginal increase.

Prices of rice, wheat, gram dal, milk, mustard oil, vanaspati and salt remained steady over the last fortnight and atta, groundnut oil and onion prices decreased during the same period.