Hoarding refers to holding back of stock in order to reap the benefits of increasing prices. Hoarding is intentionally done by business community , so as to create artificial scarcity. This practise is unethical and deprives the rights of consumers . This is an unfair trade practise , which helps to create monopoly and exploit the consumers . The government should inquire into unfair trade practices by appointing a commission eg. hoarding of onions to increase price.