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Whereas in Chennai, inexperienced chilli costs retailed at Rs 100 per kg, costs of inexperienced chillies and ginger have touched Rs 350 per kg in Kolkata, TOI reported.
The explanation for the rise was the drastic drop within the arrival of chilli over the previous few days, TOI quoted Koyambedu wholesale market dealer T Muthukumar.
Within the final week, the amount of inexperienced chillies got here all the way down to barely 80 tonnes whereas Chennai’s day by day requirement stands at round 200 tonnes. The demand is primarily met by arrivals from Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Nevertheless, the low provide of inexperienced chillies has sparked a surge in demand and hike within the costs.
Farmers in Andhra Pradesh didn’t get worth for his or her chillies within the final harvest attributable to which they shifted to supply different crops. In consequence, the inexperienced chillis arriving on the Koyambedu market are primarily from Karnataka.
Aside from chillies or ginger costs, inexperienced peas too are very pricey, retailing for as a lot as 280 a kg. However the demand will not be excessive as most customers do with out it. The demand (of chillies) will proceed to be excessive even when the worth goes up as folks will proceed to purchase it, mentioned one other dealer to TOI.Simply final week , in keeping with the information maintained by Division of Shopper Affairs, the typical retail worth of tomato on an all-India foundation is Rs 56.58 per kg on June 30. The modal worth is Rs 100 per kg whereas the utmost worth is Rs 123 per kg.
The retail worth of tomato in Delhi is Rs 80 per kg, Mumbai (Rs 48 per kg), Kolkata (Rs 105 per kg) and Chennai (Rs 88 per kg).
Amongst different main cities, the costs stood at Rs 54 per kg in Bengaluru, Rs 100 per kg in Bhopal and Lucknow every, Rs 80 per kg in Shimla, Rs 98 per kg in Bhubaneshwar and Rs 99 per kg in Raipur.
(With inputs from TOI and businesses)
