Indian consumers’
wallets have been on fire for the past few days due to a severe shortage of vibrant red fruit. Retail prices for tomatoes have increased to Rs 80–120 per kilogram,
while wholesale prices have increased to Rs 65–70.
High temperatures,
limited productivity, and delayed rainfall across much of the country all play
a role in driving up costs. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), whose job it is to
keep inflation under control, has been hit hard by the recent spike in the
price of tomatoes, which were selling for Rs 3-5 a kg as recently as May.Read also this: EPFO may delay increased EPS pension by three months: Sources
In just two days, the
price of tomatoes has doubled. Tomato imports from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh,
two nearby states, have decreased. The tomatoes we use today come all the way
from Bangalore. The recent rains have harmed the ground-level tomato plants.
Ashok Ganor, a wholesale market vendor in Delhi, claimed that only the tomatoes
grown