During a meeting with Lieutenant Governor (LG) Najeeb Jung, the revenue department officials decided not to implement the plan of fixing stock limit fearing that traders from outside Delhi will avoid the city.
A large section of traders expressed their apprehensions over fixing of stock limit on tomato and onion as the capital would face shortage of these vegetables if the notification was passed in this regard.
‘Jung chaired a high-level meeting with the eleven divisional commissioners to review the prices of essential commodities. It was decided not to implement the plan of fixing stock limit as the traders from outside Delhi always come with heavy stock and they would not prefer to do business here if the orders are implemented,’ a senior Delhi government official said.
During a meeting of Jung with home ministry few days back, it was decided to fix the stock limit to 400 quintal for wholesale dealers and 12 quintals for retail dealers. Had it been imposed, keeping stock of onions and tomatoes above the permissible limit would have become an offence under the Essential Commodities Act and violators would be booked in a non-bailable offence.
‘Delhi is not an onion and tomato producing state. The role of state’s farmer in supplying onions and tomatoes in the wholesale market is very minimal. The state is totally dependent on other states’ farmers which often come with a heavy supply of vegetables. So it was impossible to impose the Act, at least for now,’ the official added.
Meanwhile, as the government has made a u-turn, the prices of tomatoes have reached to Rs 70-80 per kg in parts of Delhi while Onion is being sold at Rs 40-50 per kg. Despite of a numbers of raids by different departments of Delhi, not a single hoarder have been arrested so far.
A large section of traders expressed their apprehensions over fixing of stock limit on tomato and onion as the capital would face shortage of these vegetables if the notification was passed in this regard.
‘Jung chaired a high-level meeting with the eleven divisional commissioners to review the prices of essential commodities. It was decided not to implement the plan of fixing stock limit as the traders from outside Delhi always come with heavy stock and they would not prefer to do business here if the orders are implemented,’ a senior Delhi government official said.
During a meeting of Jung with home ministry few days back, it was decided to fix the stock limit to 400 quintal for wholesale dealers and 12 quintals for retail dealers. Had it been imposed, keeping stock of onions and tomatoes above the permissible limit would have become an offence under the Essential Commodities Act and violators would be booked in a non-bailable offence.
‘Delhi is not an onion and tomato producing state. The role of state’s farmer in supplying onions and tomatoes in the wholesale market is very minimal. The state is totally dependent on other states’ farmers which often come with a heavy supply of vegetables. So it was impossible to impose the Act, at least for now,’ the official added.
Meanwhile, as the government has made a u-turn, the prices of tomatoes have reached to Rs 70-80 per kg in parts of Delhi while Onion is being sold at Rs 40-50 per kg. Despite of a numbers of raids by different departments of Delhi, not a single hoarder have been arrested so far.