Vegetable prices surge on lower supply; Onion hits two-year high

Green veggies costlier by up to 100% during past 4 weeks in both wholesale and retail markets

Vegetables have started slipping out of consumers’ plates due to a sharp increase in their prices over the past month, on reduced supply following extended rain delaying the harvesting of the new season’s crop.

Green vegetables have become costlier by up to 100 per cent during the last four weeks in both wholesale and retail markets. Not only primary vegetables, but also additives like garlic, ginger and chilly have recorded a sharp increase in prices, which has destabilised the common man’s kitchen budget. Onion has hit its highest in two years and is trading currently (October 23) at Rs 28 a