Wholesale prices of tomatoes have surged 288% in a month to a high of 140 rupees a kg on Friday, with retail prices still higher, spurring many people to cut back on consumption.
Local vendors are selling tomatoes in price range of Rs 80-Rs 120/kg Delhi NCR gets tomato supply from neighbouring states such as Haryana and Punjab and the hill states.
India’s U-turn on wheat exports is a result of incorrect estimates derived from an archaic crop forecasting system devised 4 centuries ago by emperor Akbar’s finance minister.
Retail as well as wholesale prices of tomato have more than doubled to as high as Rs 80/kg in several places. In some southern cities, prices rose to as much as Rs 140/kg.
Pakistan stopped issuing permits for Indian tomatoes in 2016, since the surgical strikes after Uri, and India's exports fell to Rs 10,000 until January 2018-19 from Rs 368 cr in 2016-17.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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