Dousing the vegetable fire

Food articles’ inflation in August 2013 (over last August 2012) stood at a biting level of 18%. Within food articles, while cereal prices were up by 14%, led by a 20% increase in rice prices, vegetables were literally on fire, with a price rise of 78%! Onion prices were soaring at 244%, but many other vegetables were not far behind. Cabbage prices were up by 120%, brinjals up by 84% and tomatoes by 43%.

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