‘Eat fewer these days’ says Suniel Shetty as rising tomato prices has affected his kitchen
₹111.71 per kg on Wednesday. The maximum increase in retail price was ₹203 per kg in Bathinda, Punjab while the minimum rate was ₹34 per kg in Bidar in Karnataka. Among the metros, retail price of tomato quoted highest in Delhi at ₹150 per kg, followed by Mumbai at ₹137 per kg, Kolkata at ₹137 per kg and Chennai at ₹123 per kg on Wednesday.
Other cities where prices are ruling high are Bengaluru ( ₹95-118/kg), Gurgaon and Patna ( ₹140/kg), Jammu ( ₹147/kg), Kanpur ( ₹120/kg), and Varanasi ( ₹120/kg). The retail inflation in India rose considerably in June to 4.81 per cent, largely due to a sharp spurt in vegetable prices. The inflation index for rural and urban was 4.72 per cent and 4.96 per cent, respectively.
Back in May, the retail inflation was at 4.25 per cent, hitting a two-year low. It was at 4.7 per cent in April and 5.7 per cent the previous month. According to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation data released on 12 July, the provisional index number for vegetables rose from 161.0 in May to 180.6 in June.
Vegetables have a 6 percent weightage on the overall retail inflation. The rise in inflation could partly be attributed to the current spurt in tomato prices across India. The rise in tomato prices is reported across the country, and not just limited to a particular region or geography.
In key cities, it rose to as high as ₹150-160 per kg. Amid a sharp spurt in tomato prices across the country, the Central government on Wednesday directed its agencies – NAFED and NCCF -- to immediately procure the staple vegetable from mandis in key growing states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra. (With inputs from ANI)
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