Centre further slashes price of tomato; to be sold at Rs 70 per kg by NCCF, NAFED from July 20
The tomatoes procured by NCCF and NAFED had been retailed, initially, at Rs. 90 per kg and then reduced to Rs. 80 per kg on July 16, 2023
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NewsTAP Bureau- Updated On:19 July 2023 5:33 PM GMT
HYDERABAD: The Department of Consumer Affairs has asked the National Cooperative Consumers Federation (NCCF) and National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) to sell tomatoes at a retail price of Rs. 70 per kg from July 20, 2023, in view of the declining trend in tomato prices.
The tomatoes procured by NCCF and NAFED had been retailed, initially, at Rs. 90 per kg and then reduced to Rs. 80 per kg on July 16, 2023. The reduction to Rs. 70 kg would further benefit consumers.
Based on the direction of the Department of Consumer Affairs, NCCF and NAFED began acquiring tomatoes from mandis in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra for simultaneous distribution in major consumption centres where retail prices had risen the most in last one month.
The retail sale of tomatoes in Delhi-NCR started on July 14, 2023. A total of 391 MT of tomatoes were procured by the two agencies and are being continuously disposed of to retail consumers in the major consumption centres of Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, UP, and Bihar until July 18, 2023.
