The government announced on Friday that the prices of the soaring tomatoes will come down soon as the fresh crop from Maharashtra is expected to arrive.Ashwini Kumar Choubey, the minister of State Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, while replying to a query of a Rajya Sabha member said that new crop from Nasik, Naryangoan, and Aurangabad belt in Maharashtra and also from Madhya Pradesh is expected to arrive. Soon after the arrival of the crops the prices of tomatoes will come down.उपभोक्ता मामलों के राज्य मंत्री @AshwiniKChoubey ने #राज्यसभा में कहा कि महाराष्ट्र और मध्य प्रदेश से नई फसल की अधिक आपूर्ति होने से टमाटर की कीमत में कमी की संभावना है। केंद्र ने मूल्य स्थिरीकरण कोष के तहत टमाटर की खरीद की NCCF और NAFED 70 रुपये प्रति किग्रा टमाटर बेच रहे हैं। pic.twitter.com/D4aJCCOv78— आकाशवाणी समाचार (@AIRNewsHindi) July 21, 2023The daily prices of 22 essential food commodities including tomatoes are monitored by the department of consumer affairs, he said.आज कृषि भवन में आवश्यक खाद्य वस्तुओं के मूल्यों की संबद्ध मंत्रालय व NCCF व NAFED के अधिकारियों के साथ समीक्षा की। pic.twitter.com/XRZeYbi6ik— Ashwini Kr. Choubey (@AshwiniKChoubey) July 21, 2023He further added that for the stabilisation of the prices of tomatoes, the government agencies, National Cooperative Consumers Federation (NCCF) and National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED) are continuously procuring tomatoes from mandis in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra and making it available at subsidised and affordable prices in major consuming centres in Delhi-NCR, Bihar and Rajasthan.“The tomatoes have been disposed initially at retail price of ₹90 per kg which has been reduced to ₹80 per kg from July 16 and further reduced to ₹70 per kg from July 20,” he added.“Under the scheme, the loss on account of the fall in price is borne between the Central Government and State Government on 50:50 basis. Since the inception of MIS till date, the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has not received any proposal from State Governments for market intervention to address distress sale of tomato,” Choubey said.
