SPI consistently in single digit; sugar price reduced by 7.5 pc: Asad Umer.

Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar said on Friday that the Sensitive Price Index (SPI) recorded another decrease of 0.23 per cent this week.

In a Twitter message, Asad Umar said that the sugar price reduced sharply by 7.5 per cent this week after a decline of nearly 5 per cent last week.

He added that the reduction in the inflation rate has been sustained now for the past several weeks with SPI consistently in single digit.

Earlier on Wednesday, Prime Minister Imran Khan had said that the exmill price of sugar came down by Rs20 per kilogram in 20 days due to the government's effective intervention in the matter.

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