According to the Administrative Affairs Authority, they were able to collect a fine of 24 crore rupees from the raids conducted from last January to November 20.
The authority stated that 3,151 rice raids and 510 sugar raids have been carried out out of 22,000 raids.
The Consumer Affairs Authority has made arrangements to intensify raids and investigations to cover all districts for the safety of the goods and food purchased by consumers during this festive season.
The authority also requests the public to provide information on consumer complaints to the Consumer Affairs Authority’s short telephone number 1977.