Subsidised tomato now priced Rs 80/kg

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New Delhi: The Centre on Sunday announced that it will sell tomatoes at Rs 80 per kg in major cities of north India..

At first, the Centre had started selling tomatoes at Rs 90 per kg to control the soaring prices, which saw a rise of Rs 80-Rs 100 in just one month..

It was after the retail prices of tomatoes rose to nearly Rs 300 per kg in the National Capital last week that the Union Government decided to intervene..

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