Aug 18 2009 4:27PM
MUMBAI, Aug 18 (Reuters) - India's western Gujarat state has imposed a limit on the quantity of pulses and sugar traders can hold, to check hoarding and bring down prices of the commodities, a senior government official said on Tuesday.
"Wholesalers can stock up to 200 tonnes of sugar and 100 tonnes of pulses," the official at the state government's food and civil supplies department told Reuters.
India's prime minister has asked state governments to enforce limits on stocks that can be held by traders to check hoarding of essential commodities
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