Green vegetable prices double in Mumbai's retail market on impaired supply

Sowing of vegetable seeds was affected because of floods in several agrarian parts of Maharashtra

Vegetable prices have jumped between 25 per cent and 60 per cent over the past month across Maharashtra because of a sharp decline in their supply after unseasonal rainfall resulted in crop damage and also delayed harvesting.

The wholesale price of onions in Mumbai on Monday was Rs 60 a kg, a 94 per cent jump from Rs 31 a kg on October 15. Similarly, cabbage became costlier by 44 per cent to trade Rs 23 a kg; it was Rs 16 a kg four weeks ago.

Cauliflower reported a 64 per cent jump in its wholesale price in nearly one month