Now, get tomatoes at Rs 90 per kg in Delhi; Here's how

The National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India or NCCF has been selling tomatoes at a discounted rate of Rs 90/kg from July 14.

The Centre is subsidising tomatoes by more than 30 per cent from the prevailing market rates to provide relief to consumers. "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 consumer," Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh had told PTI on Thursday.

NCCF has started the sale from Friday morning at 11AM in all 11 districts through 30 mobile vans. NCCF Managing Director Anice Joseph Chandra said, "We have fixed the price at Rs 90 per kg, while the procurement rate is Rs 120–130 per kg. The losses will be absorbed by the central government."

In Noida, the cooperative will sell tomatoes at a discounted rate at its office located in Rajnigandha Chowk. It will also be sold via mobile vans in Greater Noida and other locations.

Apart from NCCF, the Centre has also allowed NAFED to sell tomatoes at discounted rate. NCCF is also talking to Mother Dairy about the sale of tomatoes at discounted rates through their Safal retail outlets in the national capital.

The Central government had last Wednesday decided to procure the tomatoes from mandis in key growing states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra.