Centre launches subsidised onion sale at Rs 24/kg in Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad

NEW DELHI:  The Centre on Thursday kick-started subsidised sale of onions at Rs 24 per kg in Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad to make the key kitchen staple available to consumers at affordable rates.

After flagging off mobile vans for the sale, Union Food Minister Pralhad Joshi said about 25 tonnes of onions from the buffer stock will be sold in these cities through cooperative agencies — National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (Nafed), National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India (NCCF) and Kendriya Bhandar.

Joshi told reporters that onions will be sold at Rs 24 per kg at places where retail prices are higher than Rs 30 per kg.PTI