Click to play videoNew Delhi: It’s not just onions anymore. Prices of all the vegetables in Mumbai's markets have risen by 25 percent since last month.
As Ramadevi Bandi prepares lunch for her school-going children, just the way they like it, this time around, she knows it's not going to have quite that same zing to it. That's because the rising prices of vegetables has forced her to curtail her food expenses.
“Middle class has been affected. Since the last one week, I have stopped purchasing onions,” says Ramadevi Bandi, housewife.
Vegetable prices increase incrementally every year around this time, say traders. But this year, the irregular and excessive rains have affected not just the present stock but have also delayed the arrival of fresh stock.
“Less quantity is available in the market. The increase in the rate is 25 per cent compared to last month,” Suresh Hande, Vegetable trader says.
Compare the prices to just a few weeks ago:
- Onions are up to 25 rupees from just 18 last month
- Green peas are up to 70 rupees from 48
- Ladies finger has gone up to 20 rupees from 16 rupees
- Beans 24 rupees from 16
- Ginger prices have risen to 30 rupees from 24 and
- Potato 14 rupees from 10
Prices that are making consumers go a few steps further to control their budgets.
“I come to wholesale markets so that I can get them cheaper,” says Priti Shah, housewife.
But traders say that the prices are expected to increase only further in the coming days.
The prices of these vegetables are expected to fall during Diwali, but even after Diwali, it would depend on the availability of fresh stock. So the consumers have no option but to pay exorbitant prices for their daily food.
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