Following the end of a potato traders' strike in West Bengal, dispatch of tubers from cold storages surged by 30-35 per cent to meet demand...

The all-India retail price for potato was Rs 26 per kg on Saturday, up 10.18% month-on-month and 32% year-on-year, showed data from the Dep...

In the major metros of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai potato is selling for Rs 30-45 per kg, depending on the variety and quality. In M...

Rise in potato production has caused gluts in recent years in India. It has hurt business interest of stakeholders including traders, cold ...

Mamata Banerjee has barred its despatch to Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam and the northeast unless traders in her state sell...

The three-day strike called by potato traders in West Bengal from Monday to protest a condition set by the government for a partial relaxat...

Arup Roy said CCTV would also be installed at border areas of various districts so that illegal exports could be thwarted.

On one side, while Government is blocking outflow of potato to other states from there, traders on the other side have stopped working to p...

Potato traders from Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Assam are now reluctant to pay their suppliers from Bengal un...

The Mamata Banerjee government's potato export ban to Odisha and Jharkhand has raised the spectre of a reciprocal action by the states.

Tomato supplies have suffered following heavy rains in north India while UP traders are now exporting potatoes to Pakistan.

Rabi crop in Maha & MP has been damaged by adverse weather, although there is no estimate of the loss. Also, seed price has jumped 400% sin...

Mamata Banerjee plans to buy 1 lakh tonne of potatoes from distressed farmers at remunerative prices, particularly from Singur.

Potato prices plunged 2.25 per cent to Rs 1,265 per quintal in futures trade today as speculators offloaded their positions after MCX decid...

With potato prices ruling at Rs 20 a kg in retail in the domestic market, traders from Jammu and Kashmir have started importing potato from...

Potatoes are rapidly becoming expensive in grocery stores as production season comes to an end. But it is little reason for consumers to wo...

Consumers of potatoes in the east and south will probably have to shell out more than his counterpart in the north, at least for the next t...