Government is keeping a close watch on the prices of every essential commodity. Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan tweeted that government has fixed the prices for face masks and sanitizers in light of the COVID - 19 outbreak.
Mr. Paswan said that under the essential commodities act no extra charges can be levied on
the fabric used for manufacturing of face masks. He informed that the two and three layered mask would cost 8 and 10 rupees respectively while a two hundred milli-litre bottle of hand sanitiser is priced at 100 rupees. Mr. Paswan asserted that the prices would remain same till 30th June this year.