Prices Of Subsidised Tomatoes Reduced to Rs 70 per kg

New Delhi: The Union government has reduced prices of subsidized tomatoes to Rs 70 per kilogram from Thursday from Rs 80 per kg now to provide relief to the common man from high retail prices.

The Centre is selling tomatoes to people at a subsidized rate of Rs 80 a kg in Delhi-NCR and some other key cities through the National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India (NCCF) and the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED).

The all-India average retail price of tomatoes is ruling at nearly 120 per kg, although the key kitchen item is selling as high as Rs 245 per kg in some places. In the national capital, the rate has come down to Rs 120 per kg.

“The Department of Consumer Affairs has directed NCCF and NAFED to sell tomatoes at a retail price of Rs 70 per kg rate from July 20, 2023, in view of the declining trend in tomato prices,” an official statement said.

The tomatoes procured by NCCF and NAFED had been retailed, initially, at Rs 90 per kg and then reduced to Rs 80 per kg from July 16, 2023, it added.

“The reduction to Rs 70 per kg will further benefit the consumers,” the statement said.

On the government’s direction, NCCF and NAFED had commenced the procurement of tomatoes from mandis in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra for simultaneous disposal in major consumption centers where retail prices have recorded the maximum increase in the last month.

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