Onions Rs. 24 per Kg instead of Rs. 80: Kejriwal

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New Delhi: Common man in the Capital City New Delhi tearing to purchase the onions in the market. The Delhi Chief Minister Aravind Kejriwal announced that the Government will supply onions through a Fair price shops, and mobile vans in New Delhi with a price of Rs. 24 per Kg instead of Rs. 80 in the open market.

    Delhi Chief Minister Aravind Kejriwal announced in a press conference on Friday, said that the Government will supply onions through FP Shops and mobile vans from Saturday onwards. The Delhi Government procured 1 lakh Kg onions from the Central Government. The Government sent its officials to procure the onions from Nasik in Maharashtra.

    In Delhi there is having 70 constituencies, each constituency will provide a mobile van to serve the onions to the people.  And also 140 FP Shops are in the Delhi. Each family supplied five Kgs of onions, said Kejriwal. He also warned the business people if anyone will practice the business of black marketing will be punished with stringent action. Due to heavy floods in the country caused the shortage of onions and price hike. The Union Food and Agriculture Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said that the Central Government will supply the onions, states which approached for the procurement.  

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