The Maximum rate of Tomato is Rs Rs 250 per kg in Hapur. For the first time, there were reports of theft of tomatoes in the police stations.
Crude jokes and cartoons appeared in the media on the rates of Tomatoes.
The BJP Government will sell tomatoes at Rs 80 per kg from Sunday, as against Rs 90 per kg earlier, to provide relief to people from high prices of the key kitchen item in retail markets.
The Centre started to sell tomatoes at a discounted rate of Rs 90 per kg in Delhi-NCR through mobile vans. More cities were added on Saturday.
“There has been a decrease in the wholesale prices of tomatoes due to the intervention of the government to sell it at a concessional rate of Rs 90 per kg, at several locations in the country where the prices were ruling exceptionally high,” an official statement said.
Examining the situation at ground level from across 500 plus points in the country, it has been decided to sell it at Rs 80 per kg from today, Sunday, July 16th, 2023,” it added.
The subsidy sales started on Sunday at several points in Delhi, Noida, Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Patna, Muzaffarpur and Arrah through cooperatives NAFED and NCCF.
The sale of tomatoes at discounted prices will be expanded to more cities from Monday depending upon the prevailing market prices at such locations.
However, there is no information if Hyderabad people are getting Tomatoes on subsidy.
