Govt to sell subsidised tomatoes at Rs 50 per kg in Delhi-NCR from Aug 2

The government will start selling tomatoes at a subsidised rate of Rs 50 per kg from Friday in Delhi-NCR and Mumbai retail markets as against Rs 60 per kg now to provide relief to the common man.

On July 29, Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi had launched sales of tomatoes at a subsidised rate of Rs 60 per kg in Delhi-NCR. Later, the sales started in Mumbai also.

"Prices of tomatoes have come down after our intervention," Joshi told reporters here.

Consumer Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare said, "We will start selling tomatoes at Rs 50 per kg from tomorrow (August 2) in Delhi-NCR and Mumbai," she told reporters.

The National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India Ltd (NCCF) is selling tomatoes through mobile vans.

According to the Department of Consumer Affairs data, the all-India average price of tomatoes stood at Rs 61.74 per kg on July 31. In Delhi, the average price was Rs 70 per kg on Wednesday.

Last month, the rates soared to more than Rs 100 per kg as