Dataset Overview

This Dataset contains state-wise daily wholesale and retail price of essential commodity Salt Pack Iodised

HFI

Organisation

Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution

Sectors

Food,

Agriculture and Allied

Update Frequency

Daily

Granularity

Daily, State

Time Saved

4 hours

Number of Rows

236949

Number of Columns

Sources

Department of Consumer Affairs

Time Period

2014 to 2025

Units

price in rupees per quintal

price in rupees per kilogram

Last Updated

January, 2026

Data Preview

date	state	market	commodity	price	unit
10-01-2026	Jharkhand	Retail	Salt Pack Iodised	26.28	price in rupees per kilogram
10-01-2026	West Bengal	Wholesale	Salt Pack Iodised	2188.46	price in rupees per quintal
10-01-2026	Meghalaya	Retail	Salt Pack Iodised	20	price in rupees per kilogram
10-01-2026	Mizoram	Retail	Salt Pack Iodised	29.83	price in rupees per kilogram
10-01-2026	Nagaland	Retail	Salt Pack Iodised	18.13	price in rupees per kilogram
10-01-2026	Odisha	Retail	Salt Pack Iodised	27.11	price in rupees per kilogram
10-01-2026	Punjab	Retail	Salt Pack Iodised	28.53	price in rupees per kilogram
10-01-2026	Rajasthan	Retail	Salt Pack Iodised	15	price in rupees per kilogram
10-01-2026	Sikkim	Retail	Salt Pack Iodised	21.17	price in rupees per kilogram
10-01-2026	Tamil Nadu	Retail	Salt Pack Iodised	27.12	price in rupees per kilogram

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
date	4173	4173	Date	236949
state	35	35	String	236949
market	2	2	String	236949
commodity	1	1	String	236949
price	13864	13864	Float64	234877
unit	2	2	String	236949
note	1	1	String	0

Citation

Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution. Essential Commodity: State-wise Daily Wholesale and Retail Price of Salt Pack Iodised [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/19938

Essential Commodity: State-wise Daily Wholesale and Retail Price of Salt Pack Iodised