The government is contemplating large scale use of radiation technology to increase shelf life of fruits and vegetables, especially onion, potato and tomato, to meet supply shortage during off season and reduce wastage. This will help tame exorbitant increase in prices during July-October every year. The technology has been developed by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and is in use in Maharashtra. Currently, Hindustan Agro Cooperative is using radiation technology for storage of two lakh tonnes of onions.

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