Food and Consumer Affairs ministry

New Delhi: Tomato rates across the country have shot up in the past few days due to unseasonal rains. The Central government, however, is hoping the prices of the fruit to cool down from December with the arrival of fresh crops from…

The move is being contemplated in a bid to increase the financial viability of fair price shops (FPS), also called ration shops. In the coming days, the Centre could allow fair price shops (FPS) to retail small liquefied petroleum gas…