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What is El Niño and how does it affect India? Could it bring a drought-like monsoon and higher grocery bills?El Niño conditions are now active in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, raising concerns for India's monsoon. Warmer Pacific waters disrupt weat...
Tantrum of a problem child might cool India's economic engineThe IMD has retained its forecast for a below-normal monsoon in 2026, with El Nino expected to dominate the June-September season and rainf...
West Asia conflict deals a double whammy to India’s farm sector: pre-harvest cost pressures, post-harvest shipping delaysSupply shocks, export disruptions, and labour shortages caused by the Iran war are beginning to strain India’s agriculture despite ample fo...
Grocery Price chaos: What’s getting expensive and the surprising items now costing lessOver the past two years, Consumer Price Index data shows that grocery prices have fluctuated unevenly across different categories.The lates...
Vegetable prices crash up to 80% since January, deepening farm distressVegetable prices have fallen sharply since January. Potatoes are down 40 percent, onions 50 percent, and tomatoes up to 80 percent. This is...
Tomato prices surge in Australia as virus outbreak and wet weather trigger major shortageAustralia faces a tomato shortage due to a reduction in supply caused by heavy rain and virus outbreaks. Prices have increased significantl...
Consumers feel the pinch of high food inflation, 60% spending over half on vegetables weekly: SurveyA survey by LocalCircles reveals that six out of 10 Indians are spending 50% or more on vegetables every week compared to previous months. ...
Extreme low prices for six months is reason behind current tomato crisis, says Maha govtTomato growers experienced losses due to low prices, leading to a decrease in new plantations as a result of delayed monsoons. During Decem...
Growers cut tomato plantationMaharashtra is a key supplier of tomatoes to the country during July and August.
Price surge hits McDonald’s! Fast food giant knocks off tomato from burger, netizens are not ‘lovin it’The North and East branches of the fast food giant announced that it would be serving dishes sans tomatoes due to a “temporary” seasonal is...
Tomato prices shoot up from Rs 10 to Rs 60 in BengaluruThe retail price of tomatoes has shot up in various districts of Karnataka especillay in Bengaluru after supply crunch due to incessant rai...
Why prices of tomatoes surged and why we are shedding onion tearsWholesale tomato prices touched Rs 70 per kilo in end-July, on the back of a severe supply shortage in vegetable mandis.
No respite from high tomato prices for next two weeksRetail tomato prices cooled down about 20% in most parts of Maharashtra except Mumbai on Thursday as traders slashed grower level prices by...
Tomatoes selling at Rs 100 a kg in Delhi; no respite in next few weeksTomato vendors at the mandi have been sitting on protest against unauthorised occupation of their sheds for the past five days.
Tomato prices soar to 60-70 per kg, government keeping a tabTomato is available at Rs 50 a kg in Kolkata, Rs 40-45 in Chennai and Rs 35-40 in Mumbai, trade data showed.
Indian dishes see red without tomatoesIt takes a shortage to make Indians realise how much they love some things; the latest is the tomato, whose prices are rising yet again.
No shortage of onions, potatoes, tomatoes in Delhi: GovernmentThere is no shortage of onions, potatoes and tomatoes in Delhi and the current stock of these items in Delhi is higher than last year, Delh...
Tomato at Rs 60/kg as vegetable prices surge in DelhiTomatoes have seen the sharpest hike in prices, touching Rs 60/kg in some parts of the city, followed by onions, capsicum and cauliflowers.
Pakistan’s onion shortage should not make New Delhi shed tearsNew Delhi can ill-afford to let Pakistan determine the fate of Indian onions, so a close eye needs to be kept on all underground activities.
- After onions, now tomato prices rocket
Delhiites are dishing out up to Rs 50/kilo for the vegetable in many colonies. Wholesale traders blame retailers for marking up prices, say...