New Delhi: Seeing the decline trend of in tomato prices, the central government directed the NCCF and NAFED to sell tomatoes at retail price of Rs.70 per kg rate from July 20, 2023.

In a press release issued on Wednesday, the Centre informed that the NCCF and NAFED had procured tomatoes that it retailed, initially, at Rs.90 per kg and then reduced to Rs.80 per kg from July 16, 2023.

“The reduction to Rs. 70 kg will further benefit the consumers,” said the Department of Consumer Affair.

Centre Started Tomato Procurement Earlier

Earlier on Department of Consumer Affairs’ direction, NCCF and NAFED had commenced the procurement of tomato from mandis in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra for simultaneous disposal in major consumption centres where retails prices have recorded maximum increase in last one month.

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The retail sale of tomatoes in Delhi-NCR had started from July 14, 2023. Till July 18, 2023 a total of 391 MT of tomato had been procured by the two agencies which are being continuously disposed of to the retail consumers in major consumption centres of Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, UP and Bihar.