New Delhi: In the midst of the government’s efforts to check the prices of main kitchen items during the celebration season, the price trend in these products in recent weeks shows that it remains a difficult challenge.
While the average pulse and vegetable oil prices remain almost the same as one month back, the price of onions and tomatoes has risen due to increased fuel prices and damage to summer plants.
Government data, which compiles the prices reported from more than 100 centers, indicating that the average onion price on Sundays increased to Rs 39 kg compared to Rs 28 a month.
A year back the average price reaches Rs 46 per kg.
In some urban centers such as Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, the price of onions is in the range of Rs 50-65 per kg on Sundays.
In terms of tomatoes, the average price on Sunday is Rs 45 per kg compared to Rs 27 kg in September and Rs 41 per kg one year back.
Show data, tomatoes for sale at Rs 93 A Kg in Kolkata.
The source said tomato prices could increase further because of the recent rain in the country.
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs on Sunday issued a statement saying that “the price of onions, tomatoes, and potatoes is cheaper than last year” and also how it has taken the release of a calibrated onion and targeted from the buffer on the first-in-first-out principle from August .
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They will decrease in 15 Up to 20 days as the harvesting of new plants planted in September in September, the price of onion rose during September-November because the stock of spent and fresh plants began to arrive in mid-November.
The ministry of consumer affairs began to release onions from stock buffers and until October 12, A total of 67,357 tons of onions have been released in the main markets including Delhi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai and Chandigarh.
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“In addition, grade-b Onions (shares which are fair average quality ow dumped in the local market in Maharashtra, MP and Gujarat.
We have offered onions from buffers with Rs 21 per kg to all states for lifting from the storage location, “said the ministry.
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