Reportedly after onions, tomatoes are next in line to bear the brunt of supply shortages and rising prices. Since the past few weeks, tomato prices have seen a surge of around 70% in delhi. People are facing a hard time in the festive season due to the price hike. Meanwhile the prices of vegetables in Maharashtra, Karnataka and the northern regions have been shooting up due to various factors including heavy rain.
Furthermore the prices of onions almost doubled in comparison to the rates at the same time last year, tomatoes had, so far, stayed more or less unaffected and perhaps tomatoes in delhi-NCR have started selling for Rs 40-60 in retail since the last few days and prices are expected to increase further in the coming days.
Apparently the modal price of tomatoes in delhi was Rs 30 per kg but has now jumped to Rs 40-Rs 60 per kg. Perhaps on Thursday, a 25-kg sack of good variety tomatoes was sold at an average price above Rs 800 in delhi's wholesale market Azadpur Mandi and the average variety of tomatoes was Rs 500 per sack. According to traders, tomato prices might increase in the coming days due to increased demand during the festive season.
