Centre slashes tomato prices to Rs. 80 per kg in select cities

The central government on Sunday announced a cut in the prices of tomatoes from Rs. 90/kg to Rs. 80/kg retailed through two cooperatives—the National Cooperative Consumers Federation (NCCF) and National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED). The subsidized rates have come into immediate effect in the retail markets of Delhi and other select locations across the country.