Potato crisis: Govt set for price intervention through NAFED supply
The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar|December 10, 2024
UNABLE to regulate retail price of the potato even after normal flow of the tuber from West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, the state government has decided to provide the kitchen essential to consumers at a subsidised rate through the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited (NAFED).
BIJOY PRADHAN @Bhubaneswar
Potato crisis: Govt set for price intervention through NAFED supply

In the first phase of its market intervention initiative, the state government has procured 60 tonnes of potato from Uttar Pradesh through NAFED and the same will be available to consumers at fair price shops of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur, Jajpur, Balasore, Balangir, Sambalpur and Rourkela at a subsidised rate of ₹30 a kg.

The sale of potato through NAFED started on Monday at various locations in the state capital city, said a senior officer of the civil supply department.

This story is from the December 10, 2024 edition of The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar.

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