New Delhi. Prices of wheat and rice have either remained steady or declined at almost all the reporting centres where prices are monitored by the Department of Consumer Affairs over the week ending 29.4.2010. Prices of sugar continued to decline at many centres while prices of other commodities generally remained steady.

According to data released by the Department of Consumer Affairs, prices of wheat remained steady at all the reporting centres except for a decrease at Patna and increase at Rajkot, whereas prices of rice generally remained steady at most of the reporting centres. Prices decreased at Delhi, Rajkot and Mumbai.

Sugar prices showed decline at Shimla, Lucknow, Raipur, Rajkot, Patna, Kolkata,Vijaywada, Thiruvanthapuram, Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Dindigul.

Prices of pulses generally remained steady throughout the country. Decline was noticed in the retail prices of moong and masoor in a large number of centres.

Prices of edible oils were also generally steady across the country.

At Delhi, prices of rice, and gram dal decreased during the week while atta, wheat, urad dal, moong dal, sugar, milk, groundnut oil, mustard oil, vanaspati potato and onion remained steady. Prices of tur dal, register a slight increase.