Much needed rice for the people has still been dearer even though the central government has not imposed GST on it. The exploitation has been continued by the traders even though the government rolled back its decision to impose the tax on the product which is used commonly. Consequently, the cost of rice had not come down with the tricks of the traders. Rice is a much-needed product which poor and middle class buy it on a regular basis and the GST would impact budget of the poor and hence the central government considered to relax the tax as it belongs to agriculture sector. In fact, some states had nil tax on rice while some had 5 per cent tax and there is no tax on rice and hence prices have come down in many places. Still, price of rice is hovering at Rs 50-55 per kilogram in the open market. Consumers expected the decision of the Centre would bring some solace to them through reducing prices of rice at least by Rs 5-10 but the situation proved to be wrong as the traders continued exploiting the situation.