Tag: potato prices
potato prices: Potato traders threaten strike from Tuesday if West Bengal doesn’t allow selling to other states
Potato traders of West Bengal threatened to go on strike on Tuesday if the state government does not lift restrictions on selling to other states….
Rice prices: Potato and rice to remain costly till December
Prices of potato and rice are set to remain high till December, traders and farmers said. Potato sowing in UP, the largest producer, has been…
Understanding India’s food inflation: The impact of rising tomato, onion, and potato prices
High food inflation has become a significant concern for policymakers in India, as food items account for 45.9% of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Recent…
Potato, rice prices drop amid supply glut, market shifts
KOLKATA: Prices of two major food items – potato and rice have started falling. Having remained firm for the last three months, prices of potatoes…
potato prices: Bengal: Potato dispatches from cold storages surge by 35 per cent a day after traders withdraw strike
A day after West Bengal potato traders called off their indefinite strike, dispatch of tubers from cold storages surged by 30-35 per cent to fill…
Farmers stare at loss as potato prices halve amid glut in UP, Punjab, Bengal
Potato farmers are staring at a huge loss as prices have crashed to half from a year earlier, amid a glut in production in the…