Soaring tomato prices Delhi minister orders crackdown against hoarders
New Delhi Nov 24 PTI In order to rein in surging tomato prices in the national capital Delhi Food and Civil Supplies Minister Imran Hussain on Wednesday ordered a crackdown against hoardersThe minister directed officials of his department to gather information about instances of hoarding and black marketing of tomatoes and initiate necessary action under the Essential Commodity Act if neededThe minister chaired a meeting to review the sudden and undue increase in the retail tomato prices in the markets It was attended by the commissioner of Food and Civil Supplies and the joint commissioner and senior officers of the intelligence team of the department among othersDuring the meeting Hussain issued directions to carry out intense inspections of wholesale markets including the Azadpur Mandi Okhla Mandi Ghazipur Mandi and the Keshopur Mandi and retail markets across DelhiThe Delhi government is keeping a close watch on the price trends of essential commodities and that wherever considered necessary the government will undertake market intervention for stabilisation of prices of essential commodities in Delhi said a statement quoting the ministerTomato is currently selling ta Rs 4425 per kilogram up from Rs 335 last month Adil Ahmad Khan chairman of the agricultural produce marketing committee of the Azadpur Mandi told PTI on TuesdayThe increase in prices is more glaring in the retail and online markets where customers are being charged anything between Rs 90 and Rs 108 for a kilogram of tomatoes PTI MG IJT
New Delhi Nov 24 PTI In order to rein in surging tomato prices in the national capital Delhi Food and Civil Supplies Minister Imran Hussain on Wednesday ordered a crackdown against hoardersThe minister directed officials of his department to gather information about instances of hoarding and black marketing of tomatoes and initiate necessary action under the Essential Commodity Act if neededThe minister chaired a meeting to review the sudden and undue increase in the retail tomato prices in the markets It was attended by the commissioner of Food and Civil Supplies and the joint commissioner and senior officers of the intelligence team of the department among othersDuring the meeting Hussain issued directions to carry out intense inspections of wholesale markets including the Azadpur Mandi Okhla Mandi Ghazipur Mandi and the Keshopur Mandi and retail markets across DelhiThe Delhi government is keeping a close watch on the price trends of essential commodities and that wherever considered necessary the government will undertake market intervention for stabilisation of prices of essential commodities in Delhi said a statement quoting the ministerTomato is currently selling ta Rs 4425 per kilogram up from Rs 335 last month Adil Ahmad Khan chairman of the agricultural produce marketing committee of the Azadpur Mandi told PTI on TuesdayThe increase in prices is more glaring in the retail and online markets where customers are being charged anything between Rs 90 and Rs 108 for a kilogram of tomatoes PTI MG IJT
