Onam markets on a high

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Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 6: Onam markets sponsored by state government agencies spread across Kerala selling essential items at a subsidised rate have helped check the rise in prices of commodities during the festival season. “Kerala Co-operative Consumer Federation (Consumerfed) outlets have already registered a record turnover of Rs 28.37 crore,” Federation managing director Riji G Nair said.

Total turnover from the 4000 Onam markets including the permanent Triveni shops would come to Rs 100 crore which would be about Rs 75 crore more than last year, Nair said. The Civil Supplies Corporation outlets have recorded a turnover of Rs 165 crore already in the last fortnight and was expected to cross Rs 200 crore during the season, Corporation CMD Yogesh Gupta said. The total subsidy would come around Rs 25 crore. About 30 items were being supplied through these outlets, Nair said.

So far, 10,000 tonnes of rice had already been sold at a concessional rate of Rs14 per kg and another 10,000 tonnes was expected to be supplied in the coming days of Onam-Ramzan festival.