Adequate stock of salt available: Govt

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), which comes under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in a series of tweets said there is sufficient stocks of salt in the country.

"Salt produced at Nawa and Phalodi from Rajasthan is supplied to Delhi. Refined salt is available in market at the rate of Rs 8-18 as per brand. Adequate edible salt has been supplied to Delhi & NCR areas by salt producers from Santalpur and Kharaghoda from Gujarat. There is no scarcity in Delhi," it said.

Salt producers and suppliers from Tamil Nadu confirmed that there is no scarcity of salt in the entire state.

Adequate salt has been produced, stocked and being supplied in Gujarat, which produces 75 per cent of the total salt in India.

Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that authorities have inspected the salt production in the field and have reported that there is no shortage.

Rumours about shortage of salt triggered panic among people in areas like Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Maharashtra.