The government, which has declared the entire state drought-hit, Aug 18 issued a notification fixing the stock limits for wholesale traders in a bid to curb the rising prices of food grain. As per the notification, a trader cannot stock more than 1,000 quintals of rice.

Similarly, it has fixed quotas for wheat, flour, pulses and edible oils.

Three days after issuing the stock limit order, government officials started raiding hoarders.