India News: Price hike of vegetables

India News: Delhi: Owing to the sudden rise in prices of seasonal and commonly used vegetables, people are now forced to cut down on buying vegetables.Early onset of monsoon, uncertainty of rain and the floods in the neighbouring states have led to the fluctuating prices of seasonal vegetables and fruits. It has impacted the middle class and lower middle class people equally and has compelled them to switch over to fast foods, packet foods and other ready-to-eat food items.

According to the local vegetable vendors, irregular and early monsoon hase led to the 20-30% price hike in fruits and vegetables in the past month."Ever since the price hike, there are very few customers at my shop. The low supply of and high demand for vegetables have aggravated the situation.

The most popularly bought vegetables like cauliflower, tomatoes and brinjal are stagnating for want of takers. Initially, people bought 2-3kg of onions and cauliflower easily, now they are confused and do some hard bargaining just to buy half kg of brinjal or tomatoes. The sales of vegetables are diminishing day by day and I am finding it tough to make a living," said , a vegetable seller,


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