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Minimum support price for tomato at 5/kg
rrigation and Marketing Minister T Harish Rao, who reviewed the prices of vegetables with officials here on Sunday, directed the officials of the Marketing Department to procure tomatoes from farmers directly. He also asked the officials to provide facilities to the growers to sell the produce in the Rythu Bazaars
Hyderabad: In view of slump in prices of tomatoes, the State government has come forward to protect the farmers by providing Rs 5 per kg minimum support price under ‘Mana Kuragayalu’ scheme launched in all Rythu Bazaars in the city recently.
Irrigation and Marketing Minister T Harish Rao, who reviewed the prices of vegetables with officials here on Sunday, directed the officials of the Marketing Department to procure tomatoes from farmers directly. He also asked the officials to provide facilities to the growers to sell the produce in the Rythu Bazaars.
The Minister also instructed the officials to take stringent action against middlemen, who were exploiting the farmers by procuring vegetables at lower prices and sell the same at inflated prices in the market. He stressed the need to curb the middlemen to ensure remunerative price to farmers.
