On Monday, the government of Tamil Nadu on Monday announced that the sale of tomatoes would be expanded to 300 fair-price shops, and it has also planned to launch mobile vegetable outlets to stabilize the soaring prices of vegetables.
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin chaired a meeting in which he directed them to open mobile vegetable shops, wherever required, through the city corporation and Tamil Nadu Horticulture Development Agency as they had successfully done during the Covid-19 lockdowns.
Tomatoes are being sold for Rs 140 per kilogram in the retail market at present. On July 4, the state government launched the sale of tomatoes for Rs 60 a kilo at 82 fair-price shops in Chennai in an effort aimed at offsetting the soaring price of the commodity. This initiative will be extended to 300 ration shops.
[ Rs 100 = €1.10 ]
Source: theprint.in