Since last month, the Consumer Affairs Ministry has asked the National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India (NCCF) and the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) to sell tomatoes at a lower price.

At first, the subsidy rate was set at 90 per kilogramme. As prices went down, the subsidy rate went down, too, so that consumers would get the most advantage.

“The last change to the retail price was on August 15, when it went down to 50/- per kg. As of August 20, the price has gone down even more, to 40 per kg,” a government statement said on Friday.

It said that so far, the two agencies have bought more than 15 lakh kilogrammes of tomatoes, which are being sold to retail customers in the country’s big consumption centres.

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These places are Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan (Jaipur and Kota), Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, and Prayagraj), and Bihar (Patna, Muzaffarpur, Arrah, and Buxar). NCCF and NAFED buy tomatoes from mandis in Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh.

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The government set up mobile vans on Friday to sell tomatoes in Delhi-NCR for a subsidised price of Rs 90 per kilogramme; more cities were added on Saturday.

In accordance with the official notification, the sale of tomatoes started on Sunday at various places in Delhi, Noida, Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Patna, Muzaffarpur, and Arrah.

Starting on Monday, the discounted tomato sales will be expanded to other sites based on the current market prices in various cities.

To market tomatoes on behalf of the government, mobile vans are used by the National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India (NCCF) and the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED).

MOBILE VAN LOCATIONS:

• Sector 15 Market in Faridabad
• Ashok Vihar Ph. 1 in Gurugram
• Sector 105 in Gurugram
•  Gautam Nagar’s Masjid
• Metro Station Near the CGO Complex
• Supreme Court, often known as the High Court
• Dairy Park, Gazipur, Connaught Place, and Hanuman Colony
• Near Desh Bandu College is Kalaji.
• Jangpura – Badarpur – Hari Nagar Ext. – Close to Central Secretariat near the Railway Station – Close to Shastri Bhawan
• Jahangir Puri – Gurudwara K Block
• Rohini Sector 16 – G Block Mandawali – Block A
• Krishna Nagar – Near Radhey Shyam Park
• Ashok Vihar – Near Satyawati College
• Apartment in Deoli Khanpur called Mahavir
• Chhatarpur, Chhatarpur Village Bus Stand
• NCUI Complex, Industrial Area Hauz Khas
• Vishal Bhawan, and Okhla-B-19
• Pocket ll Jasola

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