From Sunday, NCCF and NAFED will offer tomatoes for Rs 40 per kilogram
The price of the kitchen staple is decreasing in both the wholesale and retail sectors, thus cooperatives NCCF and NAFED will begin selling tomatoes at a discounted cost of Rs 40 per kilogram as of August 20.
To stop the price increase, tomatoes have been offered at a discount by the National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India (NCCF) and National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) since last month.
In order to provide advantages to customers, the subsidised pricing was first set at Rs 90 per kilogram and gradually decreased in accordance with the fall in prices.
The retail price was last decreased to Rs 50/- per kilogram on August 15, and as of August 20 it has been further reduced to Rs 40/- per kg, according to an official release.
The two agencies have purchased over 15 lakh kg of tomatoes to far, and they are selling them to retail customers in the nation’s key consumption centers, according to the statement.
Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan (Jaipur, Kota), Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Prayagraj), and Bihar (Patna, Muzaffarpur, Arrah, Buxar) are some of these places. Tomatoes are purchased by NCCF and NAFED from mandis in Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh.
