Tomato Price Reduced: Tomato price to be reduced from today...]
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The Central Consumer Affairs Department has ordered that the selling price of tomato should be Rs 70 from today.The price of tomatoes in Tamil Nadu has increased to an unprecedented level. As the yield of tomatoes is slightly higher in Andhra Pradesh, all the northern states are procured and sold from there. Due to this, the tomatoes that should come to Tamil Nadu go to the northern states. To control this, a few days ago the government had ordered that tomatoes should be sold at affordable prices through ration shops.Due to the increase in the price of tomatoes, common people forgot to buy tomatoes. The public has been severely affected by this nationwide price hike. Following this, in an attempt to control the price of tomatoes, steps have been taken to sell tomatoes at a lower price in areas like Delhi. The Central Consumer Affairs Department has issued an order to both the National Consumer Co-operative Organization and the National Agricultural Co-operative Trade Federation.Both these types of organizations procure tomatoes directly from states like Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and sell them to other states. A week ago in Delhi, tomato was sold at Rs 90 per k
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