In a huge relief to consumers, the National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India (NCCF) will commence the sale of tomatoes at a discounted rate of Rs 90/kg through mobile vans in Delhi-NCR from Friday, officials said on Thursday.
The sale of tomatoes will be conducted at the NCCF office located at Rajnigandha Chowk in Noida, as well as through mobile vans in Greater Noida and various other locations. The sale will also expand to other cities such as Lucknow, Kanpur and Jaipur over the weekend.
The development comes after the central government authorised the Cooperative NCCF and NAFED to undertake the sale of tomatoes in response to the significant surge in retail prices of the essential kitchen commodity, reaching up to Rs 224 per kg in various regions across the country.
“NCCF will start selling tomatoes at a discounted rate of Rs 90/kg from tomorrow. A good quantity of supplies has been procured from the producing centres. The Centre is subsidising tomatoes by more than 30 per cent from the prevailing market rates to provide relief to the consumers," Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh said.
