“Before this season, I had in my mind that I would get around 30 rupees per kg for the price of tomatoes, but it turned out to be a bumper lottery for me this time,” he said.
Gaykar is farming since 2005. He took over farming from his father and now he works at his farm with his wife. Earlier, they use to cultivate tomatoes on only 1 acre of land. Later with the availability of labour from 2017, he is cultivating tomatoes on 12 acres. Other than tomatoes, Gaykar also cultivates onions and flowers in respective seasons.
Earlier, in a relief for consumers, who were forced to go off tomatoes after their prices went through the roof across the country, the Centre on Sunday reduced the wholesale price of tomatoes from ₹90 to ₹80 per kg.
According to an official release, after re-assessing the current situation of the market, the Centre decided to revise the price of tomatoes. The changes in the price will be executed from July 16, Sunday, in Delhi, Noida, Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Patna, Muzaffarpur and Arrah through the National Agriculture Cooperation Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) and the National Consumer Cooperation Federation (NCCF).
It will be expanded to more cities depending upon the prevailing market price at the current locations. The rates of tomatoes were previously revised on July 14 to ₹90 per kg. (ANI)
Source- Hindustan Times.