Vegetable Prices Rise

The cost of a vegetarian thali increased by 20 per cent to Rs 33.3 per plate compared to the year-ago period, according to the report.

Nearly two years of elevated food inflation in India is leaving less in the lunch boxes of impoverished children, as the mid-day meal scheme suffer cutbacks because of rising prices of vegetables, fruits and pulses.

Rising vegetable prices: MPs from different political parties in the opposition held a protest against the price rise of onions and other vegetables, outside the parliament on Thursday.

Vegetable prices in Delhi could be headed for a rise as farmers' protests disrupt supply chains, according to a trader at Ghazipur Mandi as the farmers' protests continued for the fifth day.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi served lunch with his own hands as he hosted a vegetable vendor who had become the face of hardships due to rising food prices.

Retail inflation jumped to a 15-month high of 7.44 per cent in July as prices of vegetables and other food items spiked, according to official data released on Monday.

Vegetable prices in India are set to stay higher for longer, as erratic monsoon rains delayed planting and damaged ripening crops, farmers and traders said.

The Union government has reduced prices of subsidised tomatoes to Rs 70 per kilograms from Thursday from Rs 80 per kg now to provide relief to common man from high retail prices.

"We have to deal with such issues as well," said Suniel Shetty

The Congress on Tuesday attacked the Centre over rising prices of vegetables and other essential food items, calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'Mehengaai Man' and demanding immediate steps from his government to address the issue.

Vegetable prices have skyrocketed in West Bengal with chillies and tomatoes seeing a steep increase of more than 200 per cent in the past fortnight.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman shares video of interaction with vegetable vendor in Tamil Nadu, makes a purchase too

The headline retail inflation is expected to rise to a five-month high of 7.4% in September, with the risk of going higher if the momentum of food and vegetable prices picks up further in the rest of the month, Deutsche Bank said.

Already battered by rising prices of essentials ranging from fruits and vegetables to edible oil and electricity, record high rates of cooking gas LPG have added to the woes of the common man, especially the lower strata.

Retail inflation for agricultural and rural labourers rose in April due to increase in food prices

The cost of a vegetarian thali increased by 20 per cent to Rs 33.3 per plate compared to the year-ago period, according to the report.

Nearly two years of elevated food inflation in India is leaving less in the lunch boxes of impoverished children, as the mid-day meal scheme suffer cutbacks because of rising prices of vegetables, fruits and pulses.

Rising vegetable prices: MPs from different political parties in the opposition held a protest against the price rise of onions and other vegetables, outside the parliament on Thursday.

Vegetable prices in Delhi could be headed for a rise as farmers' protests disrupt supply chains, according to a trader at Ghazipur Mandi as the farmers' protests continued for the fifth day.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi served lunch with his own hands as he hosted a vegetable vendor who had become the face of hardships due to rising food prices.

Retail inflation jumped to a 15-month high of 7.44 per cent in July as prices of vegetables and other food items spiked, according to official data released on Monday.

Vegetable prices in India are set to stay higher for longer, as erratic monsoon rains delayed planting and damaged ripening crops, farmers and traders said.

The Union government has reduced prices of subsidised tomatoes to Rs 70 per kilograms from Thursday from Rs 80 per kg now to provide relief to common man from high retail prices.

"We have to deal with such issues as well," said Suniel Shetty

The Congress on Tuesday attacked the Centre over rising prices of vegetables and other essential food items, calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'Mehengaai Man' and demanding immediate steps from his government to address the issue.

Vegetable prices have skyrocketed in West Bengal with chillies and tomatoes seeing a steep increase of more than 200 per cent in the past fortnight.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman shares video of interaction with vegetable vendor in Tamil Nadu, makes a purchase too

The headline retail inflation is expected to rise to a five-month high of 7.4% in September, with the risk of going higher if the momentum of food and vegetable prices picks up further in the rest of the month, Deutsche Bank said.

Already battered by rising prices of essentials ranging from fruits and vegetables to edible oil and electricity, record high rates of cooking gas LPG have added to the woes of the common man, especially the lower strata.

Retail inflation for agricultural and rural labourers rose in April due to increase in food prices