<h1>Inflation control measures: fuel duty cuts, commodity stock limits and food-supply schemes to stabilise essential commodity prices.</h1> Government measures include reduction of central excise on petrol and diesel and state VAT reductions to moderate retail fuel prices; continuous monitoring and corrective action for essential commodities; for pulses, maintenance and deployment of buffer stock, imposition of stock limits to prevent hoarding, temporary import liberalisation, duty adjustments and import MoUs; for edible oils, import duty rationalisation, temporary stock limits and a national mission to boost domestic oil palm production; and welfare measures comprising extension of a free foodgrain scheme, targeted pandemic food allocations and nationwide ration card portability via ePoS.