The state-run GSHCL now supports the largest chain of vegetable outlets in the state and their number is increasing each passing month.
According to Orland Rodrigues, Managing Director of GSHCL, there are 575 outlets operational till date selling around 200 tonne of vegetables every day at wholesale rate.
The cost of vegetables procured from neighbouring Karnataka is around Rs 6-7 crore a month.
The scheme, he said, was the part of the state government's initiative to bring down inflation.
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Vegetable market in Goa has traditionally been controlled by vendors from Karnataka, settled in the state, and vegetables are procured from market in Belgaum in the neighbouring state.
"The scheme has also helped to rein in the monopoly of certain vegetable vendors controlling the market. Vegetable at GSHCL outlets are being sold at 15 per cent lesser rate, while owner of the outlets typically earns 20 per cent of commission", said Rodrigues.