Food Secretary Says Tomato Prices To Stabilise Within 2 Weeks In Southern States

 Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said retail tomato costs ought to stablise in next about fourteen days in southern states, where the rates have expanded forcefully


Food Secretary has said that tomato costs in southern India will settle soon


New Delhi:


Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey on Thursday said retail tomato costs ought to stablise in the following fourteen days in southern states, where the rates have expanded forcefully because of harvest harm attributable to neighborhood downpours.


According to the information kept up with by the customer undertakings service, retail tomato costs are administering between Rs 50 and 106 for every kg in a few areas. A similar circumstance wins in Maharasthra too.


Notwithstanding Delhi, where tomato is being sold at Rs 40 for each kg, retail costs in other metro urban areas were managing high on June 2. Tomato was sold at Rs 77 for every kg in Mumbai and Kolkata, and at Rs 60 for each kg in Chennai on Thursday, the information showed.


"In Delhi, tomato costs are steady. In southern India, costs have risen on account of the harm to the yield because of nearby rains," Mr Pandey told journalists.


Real creation and appearances are more. Everything looks great on the creation side, he said, adding that the public authority has examined this matter with states.


"It (costs) ought to stablise in the following fourteen days," he added.


The secretary likewise referenced that even onion creation and acquisition is in front of the last year's timetable.


"We have previously secured 52,000 ton such a long ways from the rabi season which is definitely more than the last year's 30,000 ton," he said.

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