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Minister of Cooperatives: Tomato available at lower prices in green-farm shops!

Posted on: 20/May/2022 12:23:19 PM
The State Minister for Tamil Nadu for Cooperatives, I. Periyasamy, has announced that action will be initiated to check and control the rising price of tomatoes by sales through the green-farm shops.

The Minister explained further:

Action will be initiated to sell tomatoes at lower prices in green-farm shops to check and control the rising price of tomatoes. Tomatoes will be sold at lower prices in the green-farm shops until the price of tomatoes come down in the open market!

Tomatoes will be sold at lower prices at the green-farm shops from today (Friday, 20th May). In the 1st Phase, the tomato was sold for Rs. 70.- to Rs. 85/- yesterday (Thursday, 19th May) in the Green-farm shops.

Tomato will be sold in all the districts in Tamil Nadu in the green-farm shops.

In the districts of Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, and Trichy, potatoes will be sold at the Green-farm shops through the respective district cooperative department.

The minist3r further shared that around 4 Megatons of tomatoes were sold at lower prices in Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, and Trichy.