New Delhi, July 16 (MExN): The Union Government has decided to sell tomatoes at Rs 80 per kg from today after a re-assessment of the situation at 500 plus points across the country. Sales have already started at several points each in Delhi, NOIDA, Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Patna, Muzaffarpur and Arrah through NAFED and NCCF, an official release from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.
The number of selling points will be expanded from tomorrow, depending upon the prevailing market prices, it said. As per the release, there has been a decrease in the wholesale prices of tomatoes due to government’s intervention to sell them at a concessional rate of Rs 90 per kg, at several locations in the country where the prices were exceptionally high.
The Government of India is committed to providing relief to the consumers, the release added.
