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Sophos: Government sells tomatoes at 90/kg, to cover more areas in Delhi, Gurgaon & Faridabad | India News

NEW DELHI: The federal government owned client cooperative, NCCF, bought practically 18 tonnes of tomato in Delhi and Noida on Friday. Prime officers within the client affairs ministry, which directed the NCCF and NAFED to obtain and promote tomatoes at discounted value, mentioned it will proceed until retail costs come down.
The Nationwide Cooperative Customers’ Federation of India (NCCF) bought tomatoes at Rs 90 per kg whereas the retail value of the important thing kitchen commodity in Delhi was Rs 178 a kilo on Friday. A client affairs ministry official mentioned that on Saturday cellular vans promoting tomato might be deployed at Bata Chowk in Faridabad; IFFCO and Hero Honda Chowk in Gurgaon and 17 different places in Delhi together with Lajpat Nagar, Higher Kailash, North and South Avenue, Mayur Vihar, Mayapuri, Pitampura, Timarpur, Trilokuri, Dwarka, Nangloi and Shalimar Bagh. The sale will begin at 11 am.
From Sunday onwards, the NCCF may even begin promoting tomatoes by means of 100-odd Kendriya Bhandar retailers within the nationwide capital. The NCCF can be in talks with Mom Dairy concerning the sale of tomatoes at discounted charges by means of their 400-odd Safal shops in Delhi-NCR in order that “the outreach will be intensive and buying of tomatoes can be simple for the shoppers”.
On the primary day of market intervention by the central authorities to convey some aid to shoppers, about 20 cellular vans have been dispatched to areas corresponding to Karol Bagh, Patel Nagar, Pusa Highway, CGO Advanced, Nehru Place, Govind Lal Shika Marg, Adarsh Nagar, JJ Slum at Wazirpur, and Dhodhapur Shivmandir. In Noida, three cellular autos have been deployed in Noida Sector- 78 and Pari Chowk close to Higher Noida.
Officers mentioned the amount might be elevated to greater than 20 tonne on Saturday.
As per the federal government information, the common all-India retail value of tomatoes was at Rs 117 per kg on Friday and the utmost price was Rs 244 a kilo in Hoshiarpur in Punjab. The costs have been lowest at Rs 40 a kg in South Salmara Mankachar in Assam.
In the meantime, the Nationwide Agricultural Cooperative Advertising and marketing Federation of India (NAFED) additionally started promoting tomatoes at a reduced price of Rs 90 per kg in Patna. NAFED introduced a truckload of 20 tonnes of tomatoes from Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh. Although the procurement and transportation value is round Rs 121 a kg, the company is promoting the kitchen merchandise at Rs 90 a kilo.
The Nationwide Cooperative Customers’ Federation of India (NCCF) bought tomatoes at Rs 90 per kg whereas the retail value of the important thing kitchen commodity in Delhi was Rs 178 a kilo on Friday. A client affairs ministry official mentioned that on Saturday cellular vans promoting tomato might be deployed at Bata Chowk in Faridabad; IFFCO and Hero Honda Chowk in Gurgaon and 17 different places in Delhi together with Lajpat Nagar, Higher Kailash, North and South Avenue, Mayur Vihar, Mayapuri, Pitampura, Timarpur, Trilokuri, Dwarka, Nangloi and Shalimar Bagh. The sale will begin at 11 am.
From Sunday onwards, the NCCF may even begin promoting tomatoes by means of 100-odd Kendriya Bhandar retailers within the nationwide capital. The NCCF can be in talks with Mom Dairy concerning the sale of tomatoes at discounted charges by means of their 400-odd Safal shops in Delhi-NCR in order that “the outreach will be intensive and buying of tomatoes can be simple for the shoppers”.
On the primary day of market intervention by the central authorities to convey some aid to shoppers, about 20 cellular vans have been dispatched to areas corresponding to Karol Bagh, Patel Nagar, Pusa Highway, CGO Advanced, Nehru Place, Govind Lal Shika Marg, Adarsh Nagar, JJ Slum at Wazirpur, and Dhodhapur Shivmandir. In Noida, three cellular autos have been deployed in Noida Sector- 78 and Pari Chowk close to Higher Noida.
Officers mentioned the amount might be elevated to greater than 20 tonne on Saturday.
As per the federal government information, the common all-India retail value of tomatoes was at Rs 117 per kg on Friday and the utmost price was Rs 244 a kilo in Hoshiarpur in Punjab. The costs have been lowest at Rs 40 a kg in South Salmara Mankachar in Assam.
In the meantime, the Nationwide Agricultural Cooperative Advertising and marketing Federation of India (NAFED) additionally started promoting tomatoes at a reduced price of Rs 90 per kg in Patna. NAFED introduced a truckload of 20 tonnes of tomatoes from Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh. Although the procurement and transportation value is round Rs 121 a kg, the company is promoting the kitchen merchandise at Rs 90 a kilo.