US-Iran tension: UP warns against hoarding of essential commodities

Officials to keep tab on black marketing, creation of artificial scarcity

In the backdrop of the US-Iran tensions, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday directed officials to keep a tab on possible hoarding and smuggling of essential commodities by unscrupulous elements.

Chairing a meeting here, Adityanath instructed officials to keep a track on the prices of essential food commodities, including food grain, oil and vegetables.

He said the ongoing standoff in the Gulf region could escalate and vested interests could attempt to indulge in the black marketing, hoarding and smuggling of consumer goods for profiteering by creating an artificial scarcity and jacking up their prices.

The CM asked the