IANS | 20 Aug, 2023
The government on Saturday imposed a 40 per cent export duty on onion exports till December 31.
The
announcement was made through a notification on Saturday. This
notification shall come into force with immediate effect, and will
remain in force up to and inclusive of the December 31, 2023.
The prices of several vegetables including onion, potato and tomatoes have skyrocketed in last few weeks.
Following
the soaring prices of tomatoes, the government decided that it will
sell tomatoes at Rs 40 per kg from August 20 onwards with an aim to
further cool down its prices.
NAFED and NCCF have been directed
by the consumer affairs department to sell tomatoes at Rs 40 per kg from
August 20, in view of continued decline in tomato prices in wholesale
and retail markets.
The Consumer Affairs Ministry on Friday
announced the decision, saying that till date more than 15 lakh kg of
tomatoes have been procured by NAFED and NCCF since July 14.
Tomatoes
have been sold by the two agencies at subsidised rates across the
country in locations like Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
in the past one month.
There was a spike in retail inflation also
for July, as it had touched 7.44 per cent owing to high food prices,
which took food inflation to 11.51 per cent for the same period.
