AS if the sky-rocketing fuel prices were not enough to break the back of the common man, the food platter is also getting costlier, with vegetables, including staples like potato and onion, burning a hole in people’s pockets.
The soaring prices of petrol and diesel and damage to summer crops due to unseasonal and erratic rains in several states are driving up the prices, according to traders. While the prices of onion, tomato and green vegetables have seen a massive increase in most states over the past two weeks, potato has largely been stable except in a few states.
In Uttar Pradesh, the kitchen staple has not seen any rise in prices as the state saw a bumper crop this year. But tomato, which was selling at ₹60 per kg a fortnight ago, has registered an increase of ₹10-15 per kg while another kitchen essential, onion, is now costlier by about ₹20. The prices of other vegetables such as lady finger (okra), brinjal, cauliflower and bottle gourd have been stable.
This story is from the October 19, 2021 edition of The Morning Standard.
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