Prices to come down in few weeks, assures PM

The results of the steps taken to control price rise would be visible within the next few weeks, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in New Delhi on Friday.

Singh gave this assurance at the Congress Working Committee meeting which deliberated on the issue of rising prices, according to party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar.

The prime minister told the meeting that necessary steps have been taken in consultation with the chief ministers and the results would be visible in the next few weeks.

Chief ministers of Congress-ruled states gave a presentation on steps taken to control price rise.

"We have been asked to take steps to control rising prices and check hoarding and black marketing," Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said.