Govt reduces subsidised rate of tomato to Rs 80 per kg with immediate effect

The Centre will sell tomatoes at Rs 80 per kg from Sunday as against Rs 90 per kg earlier to provide relief to people from high prices of the key kitchen item in retail marketsOn Friday the Centre started to sell tomatoes at a discounted rate of Rs 90 per kg in DelhiNCR through mobile vans More cities were added on SaturdayThere has been a decrease in the wholesale prices of tomatoes due to the intervention of the government to sell it at a concessional rate of Rs 90 per kg at several locations in the country where the prices were ruling exceptionally high an official statement saidAfter a reassessment of the situation from across 500 plus points in the country it has been decided to sell it at Rs 80 per kg from today Sunday July 16th 2023 it addedSales have started on Sunday at several points in Delhi Noida Lucknow Kanpur Varanasi Patna Muzaffarpur and Arrah through cooperatives NAFED and NCCF the statement saidThe sale of tomatoes at discounted price will be expanded to more cities from Monday depending upon the prevailing market prices at such locationsThe government of India is committed to provide relief to the consumers the statement saidThe National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India NCCF and National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India NAFED are selling tomatoes on behalf of the Centre through mobile vansPrices of tomatoes in the retail market remain at an elevated level of up to Rs 250 per kg across major cities due to monsoon rains and lean seasonThe allIndia average price stood at nearly Rs 117 per kg on Saturday according to the governmentAs per the data compiled by the Department of Consumer Affairs the average allIndia retail price of tomatoes was ruling at Rs 11686 per kg on Saturday while the maximum rate was Rs 250 per kg and the minimum was Rs 25 per kg Modal price of tomatoes was Rs 100 per kgAmong metros tomatoes were ruling at Rs 178 per kg in Delhi followed by Rs 150 per kg in Mumbai and Rs 132 per kg in ChennaiThe maximum price of Rs 250 per kg was in HapurTomato prices normally shoot up during JulyAugust and OctoberNovember periods which are generally lean production monthsSupply disruption caused due to the monsoon has led to a sharp rise in the ratesSpeaking to PTI NCCF Managing Director Anice Joseph Chandra said tomatoes are being procured from Madanapalli Andhra Pradesh Kolar Karnataka and Sanganeri MaharashtraNCCF has already sold 35000 kg of tomatoes in the last two days It expects to sell 20000 kg in DelhiNCR on Sunday 15000 kg in Varanasi 10000 kg each in Lucknow and Kanpur she saidNCCF sold about 7000 kg in Lucknow on Saturday and this itself helped to bring down the wholesale rate from Rs 130 per kg to 115 per kg she notedJoseph Chandra said Further reduction in the price to Rs 80 per kg will further cool down the prices in the coming days We will continue to intervene till the price stabilizesCurrently NCCF is selling tomatoes through its mobile vans and 45 outlets owned by NAFED in DelhiNCR It will start the sale via retail outlets of Kendriya Bhandar from SundayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever