Due to monsoon rains and the lean season, tomato prices in retail stores on Saturday rose to as much as Rs 250 per kilogramme across major cities, according to reports. Government data, it said, indicated that the average price throughout all of India was close to Rs 117 per kilogramme.In the meantime, the Centre has begun selling tomato at a discounted price of Rs 90 per kg in a few places like Delhi-NCR, Patna, and Lucknow to help alleviate the rising costs of this important food staple. According to sources, mobile vans sold 18,000 kgs in Delhi-NCR on Saturday.
Mobile vans run by the National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India (NCCF) and the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) are selling tomatoes on behalf of the Centre. According to a tweet from Union Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh, the sale of tomatoes at discounted pricing began today in Lucknow, Patna, and Muzaffarpur in addition to various parts of Delhi and Noida.
About 18,000 kg of tomatoes were supplied to retail customers in Delhi-NCR, according to a statement from the department of consumer affairs.It appears to have had an effect because today there was a significant decrease in Azadpur Mandi (wholesale) prices and a modest decrease in retail prices, it continued. The department added, "We started the sale in Lucknow today and sold 7,000 kg." Along with continuing the interventions in Delhi and Lucknow, we will also intervene in the Kanpur retail sector tomorrow. Beginning on Sunday, the NCCF intends to sell tomatoes at one hundred or more Kendriya Bhandar locations throughout the capital. To offer tomatoes through their 400 Safal retail locations in Delhi-NCR, it is in talks with Mother Dairy.
According to statistics gathered by the Department of Consumer Affairs, tomatoes were selling for an average retail price of Rs. 116.86 per kg across all of India on Saturday. The highest price was Rs. 250 per kg, and the lowest price was Rs. 25 per kg. According to the report, the standard price for tomatoes is Rs 100 per kg.
The survey found that tomatoes were the most costly food item in metro cities, costing Rs 178 per kg in Delhi, Rs 150 in Mumbai, and Rs 132 in Chennai.Hapur costs Rs 250/kg. Notably, the months of July through August and October through November, which are typically months of low output, see an increase in tomato prices. The monsoon caused a supply disruption that resulted in a substantial increase in prices.
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