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Vegetable prices rise up to 200%; trade blame crop damage and fuel price

The most significant rise has been registered in the price of tomato

food, vegetables, inflation, retail inflation
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Vegetable traders say prices have risen due to crop failure during the rainy season.

IANS New Delhi
The prices of food items, including vegetables, have started to skyrocket even as the coronavirus crisis shows no sign of abating. The prices of vegetables, in particular, have increased quite significantly with retail prices of almost all kinds rising from 25 per cent to 200 per cent.
The most significant rise has been registered in the price of tomato. Vegetable traders say prices have risen due to crop failure during the rainy season.
Adil Ahmad Khan, chairman of Delhi's  Azadpur Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC), told IANS that prices of most green vegetables have registered an increase in the past one month,

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