Government funds 28 innovations to combat tomato price volatility and wastageThe Department of Consumer Affairs has funded 28 projects aimed at reducing tomato loss and adding value to the crop. These initiatives see...
22 Nov, 2024, 05.42 PM IST
Understanding India's food inflation: The impact of rising tomato, onion, and potato pricesHigh food inflation is a major concern in India, with the prices of tomatoes, onions, and potatoes (TOP) significantly impacting consumer p...
14 Oct, 2024, 03.11 PM IST
As tomato prices soar over Rs 80/kg, ICAR's hybrids offer hope for market stabilityIIHR's Arka Rakshak and Arka Abedh hybrid tomatoes, with a three-week shelf life, could stabilize prices at Rs 80/kg despite heavy rainfall...
15 Jul, 2024, 09.49 PM IST
Costlier tomato a spot of bother for Das & Co once again, retails up to Rs 100/kgTomato prices in India have surged by over 70%, reaching Rs 59.87 per kg as of July 7, compared to Rs 35 a month ago. The heatwave conditio...
08 Jul, 2024, 02.53 PM IST
Weather, demand-supply mismatches TOPpling inflation mathematics: CrisilA recent report by Crisil highlights that volatility in vegetable prices has increased in the past four years due to demand-supply imbalanc...
23 Oct, 2023, 04.46 PM IST
Maharastra farmers destroying tomato crops as prices fall from Rs 200 a month ago to just Rs 2-3 per kgTomato prices in Maharashtra, India, have dropped dramatically from Rs 200 per kilogram to as low as Rs 3-5 per kilogram, causing significa...
26 Sep, 2023, 01.29 PM IST
How the right volatility can help boost your equity returnsLower volatility is not free; it has a cost. It may appear self-contradictory because we have been conditioned to believe that volatility m...
31 Jul, 2023, 06.30 AM IST
RBI slices tomato inflation to find 5 interesting factsAnalysts from the RBI said that the spike in tomato prices represents a serious concern for India's inflation battle and highlights the nee...
18 Jul, 2023, 01.48 PM IST
Continued vigil on inflation needed given erratic monsoon progress: SBI ResearchSBI Research, in its latest 'Ecowrap' report, noted that a continued vigil on the evolving inflation outlook is warranted given the erratic...
13 Jul, 2023, 01.43 PM IST
Soaring tomato prices may sour RBI's inflation forecastRising tomato prices in India could threaten the Reserve Bank's headline inflation forecast, according to research by its Development Resea...
08 Jul, 2023, 12.47 AM IST
Tomato price spike may contribute to headline inflationInvestigating how volatility transmission took place in daily prices of tomato, potato and onion for the period from January 2011 to March ...
07 Jul, 2023, 10.20 AM IST
Onions, tomatoes get special mention in the Economic Survey 2022The prices of Onions and tomatoes, which were subjected to high volatility in 2021, have found a special mention in this year's Economic Su...
31 Jan, 2022, 06.53 PM IST
Tomato prices skyrocket to Rs 140/kg in southern India due to rainsTomato prices are ruling high since September-end in most retail markets of the country but there has been a sharp rise is southern states ...
06 Dec, 2021, 05.36 PM IST
Tomato prices skyrocket as rains destroy cropsGadhave said that prices of vegetables like capsicum, cucumber and bitter gourd have increased by 25% to 30% in the past one month. In the ...
12 Jul, 2020, 11.48 PM IST
Blame the heat wave, vegetable prices have risen 40% in a weekIn April, wholesale prices of food rose 3.4 per cent but fruits and vegetable prices were up 14 per cent.
11 Jun, 2019, 08.13 AM IST
Haryana assures farmers Rs 4 a kilo for tomato, Rs 5 for onionHaryana will support prices of tomato and onion under the Bhavantar Bharpai Yojana, a scheme announced by the govt to cover the price defic...
08 Feb, 2018, 05.08 PM IST
In fuelling inflation, teary onions keep company with hot potatoesSince onions and potatoes have nearly equal weight in the wholesale price index, high price of one is undoing low price of the other.
26 Dec, 2013, 08.16 AM IST