Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has been placed in a high level central committee on Commodity price rise.

After a day-long meeting called by centre in presence of Chief Ministers of various states, Central Finance Minister Pranab Mukharjee announced formation of committee to control commodity price rice. The committee will have Chief Ministers of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Hariyana, Central Finance Minister, Agriculture Minister, Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission and Prime Minister’s economic advisor as member.