Government is offering discounted tomatoes at Rs 90/kg amid rising prices.
While tomato prices have surged to Rs 250 per kilogram in the nation, the federal government has stepped in to supply aid to shoppers by promoting the kitchen staple at a discounted price of Rs 90 per kilogram. The National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India (NCCF) and the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) are facilitating the sale of tomatoes on behalf of the Centre by means of cell vans in locations reminiscent of Delhi, Lucknow, Patna, and Kanpur.
Rohit Kumar Singh, Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs, introduced in a tweet that discounted tomato gross sales would begin in Delhi on July 15, with locations in Noida being finalized. In Lucknow and Kanpur, 15 cell vans will start promoting tomatoes from July 15 onwards.
Discounted sale of tomatoes at these locations in Delhi tomorrow. Noida locations being finalised. From tomorrow, sale to start at Lucknow and Kanpur with 15 cell vans every – from 11 am onwards. @PMOIndia @PiyushGoyal @PIB_India @PIBHindi @jagograhakjago @myogioffice pic.twitter.com/SOKYEg38TL
— Rohit Kumar Singh (@rohitksingh) July 14, 2023
In the Delhi-NCR area, the sale locations embrace Faridabad, Gurugram, Ring Road, Greater Kailash Part 1, Shahin Bagh, South Avenue, North Avenue, Dwarka, Mehrauli, Hauz Khas, Mayapuri, Pitampura, Rohini Sector 20, Mayur Vihar, Patparganj, Timarpur, Trilok Puri, Shalimar Bagh, and Nangloi. In Lucknow, the locations embrace Bhootnath Market, Dandaiya Market, Front of Naveen Mandi Sthal Sitapur Road, Jawahar Bhawan, Terhipuliya, Gole Market, Chowk, Vibhuti Kand Gomti Nagar, Kaiser Bagh, Rajajipurram, and Munsi Pulia.
Tomato prices have witnessed a major rise in latest weeks because of the lean season and heavy rains, reaching as excessive as Rs 244 per kilogram on Friday. However, with the discounted gross sales initiative, the federal government goals to extend the attain and amount of tomatoes accessible in the Delhi-NCR area.
Tomato prices sometimes expertise an upward pattern throughout lean manufacturing months, which embrace July-August and October-November. Monsoon-related provide disruptions have additional contributed to the latest worth surge. Tomato manufacturing takes place throughout numerous states in India, with southern and western areas accounting for almost all of the output. Seasonal variations and regional provide dynamics play a major function in the value seasonality of tomatoes.
The authorities’s efforts to supply discounted tomatoes purpose to alleviate the burden on shoppers amid the present worth volatility attributable to short-term provide disruptions and opposed climate circumstances.
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