MAHARASHTRA TOMATOES
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Vegetable prices crash up to 80% since January, deepening farm distress
Vegetable prices have fallen sharply since January. Potatoes are down 40 percent, onions 50 percent, and tomatoes up to 80 percent. This is due to a supply glut and peak harvest arrivals. Staples like wheat and rice have also eased. Farmers face distress as prices are below cost. Consumers are getting relief from inflationary pressures.
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Tomato prices soar 50% in 15 days due to excess October rains
Tomato prices have risen sharply across the country as supplies dropped following heavy October rainfall. Government data shows retail prices have increased 25% to 100% in a month across states, with the all-India average up 27% to ₹46 per kg. Chandigarh recorded the steepest rise at 112%, while Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka also saw increases above 40%.
Tomato Price: Here’s how and where to get tomatoes at Rs 65/kg in Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Faridabad
The Indian government is selling tomatoes at Rs 65 per kg through mobile vans to control rising prices. Unseasonal rains in Maharashtra have damaged crops, leading to price hikes. A price stabilization fund is being used to manage costs. Farmers and traders report delayed sowing and increased pest issues affecting tomato supply.
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Government to sell tomatoes at Rs 65/kg
The government has begun selling tomatoes at Rs 65 per kg through mobile vans and retail outlets to curb soaring prices due to unseasonal rains damaging crops in key areas. October saw a 39% price rise, affecting home-cooked meals. This intervention falls under the price stabilisation fund to manage market rates effectively.
Intense heat leads to rise in tomato prices
Tomato prices have doubled in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala due to intense heat waves, reaching ₹40-50 per kg. Prices in North India remain stable. The situation may get complex in July with expected supply shortages.
Maharastra farmers destroying tomato crops as prices fall from Rs 200 a month ago to just Rs 2-3 per kg
Tomato prices in Maharashtra, India, have dropped dramatically from Rs 200 per kilogram to as low as Rs 3-5 per kilogram, causing significant losses for tomato growers. The sudden decline in prices was due to an unexpectedly high tomato yield. Many farmers are abandoning their crops or destroying their produce as they cannot recover their investment. The situation is dire in various regions, with prices plunging in markets.
Retail prices of tomato may decline as wholesale rates fall over 30%
The retail prices of vegetables in the consumption centres are usually double the wholesale rates or even higher, mainly due to addition of costs like transportation, market handling charges, commission of middlemen and the retail margins.
Tomato prices crash 37% in just a day in Maharashtra mandis to Rs 55 a kg!
Tomato prices in some Maharashtra mandis reportedly fell by 37% due to oversupply leading to 25,000 crates arriving on Thursday, up from 6,800 the previous week. The largest mandi delivered 15,000 crates daily, compared with 1,500 a week earlier, while at another hub arrivals surged from 5,000 to 10,000.
Tomato prices in Delhi-NCR won't come down till September, to cross Rs 200 per kilo mark soon
Tomato prices in Delhi are set to hit an all-time high due to a producer state shortage. The price surge began in June, blamed on reduced production and crop losses caused by heavy rains in some states. The central government has subsidised tomatoes and initiated sales at around 500 centres for Rs 90 per kg, which was later reduced to Rs 80.
Tomato prices to go down following new crop arrival from Maharashtra, MP: Government
The Consumer Affairs Minister further stated that to check the current increase in prices of tomatoes and make them available to the consumers at affordable prices, the Government has started the procurement of tomatoes under Price Stabilisation Fund and is making them available at a highly subsidised rate to consumers.
Tomates price expected to drop; govt to sell tomatoes at subsidised rate online soon
After an increase in the supply of new crops from Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, the Indian government has announced that the retail prices of tomatoes are expected to fall. There has been a rise in retail prices, with the cost of tomatoes ranging from Rs 200-250 per kilogramme in various parts of India due to a supply chain disruption triggered by various factors such as crop seasonality, white fly disease in Kolar and logistics disruptions resulting from heavy rain.
Central agencies to procure tomatoes from 3 states, sell at discounted rates
Distribution will be done through retail outlets at discounted prices in Delhi-NCR region by July 14, the Department of Consumer Affairs said in a statement. The prices will stabilise next month when the new crop comes from Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, it said.
Govt to procure tomatoes from AP, Karnataka & Maharashtra amid price rise
The Indian Department of Consumer Affairs has instructed the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED) and National Cooperative Consumers Federation (NCCF) to procure tomatoes from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra for distribution in major consumption centres where prices have risen dramatically over the last month. The procured produce will be sold at discounted rates through retail outlets in the Delhi-NCR region.
Extreme low prices for six months is reason behind current tomato crisis, says Maha govt
Tomato growers experienced losses due to low prices, leading to a decrease in new plantations as a result of delayed monsoons. During December 2022 to May 2023, farmers earned very low rates for their produce. Additionally, unseasonal rainfall and a delayed monsoon resulted in a 54% rainfall deficit, which impacted the sowing of new tomato crops.
Growers cut tomato plantation
Maharashtra is a key supplier of tomatoes to the country during July and August.
Price rise: Maharashtra woman receives tomatoes as precious gift on birthday
Sonal Borse, a resident of Kochadi in Kalyan, received more than 4 kg of tomatoes as a gift from her relatives on her birthday on Sunday.
Unseasonal rains damage crops, veggies get expensive
Tomatoes have become costlier by more than 50% in retail markets since the beginning of this month. Traders expect onion prices to go up to 40-50% as heavy rains have damaged stocks in Maharashtra. Unseasonal rains in Uttar Pradesh have damaged the potatoes that are harvested early and delayed the sowing of the late variety. Prices of the tuber may increase by ₹7-8 a kg before the new crop arrives in the market, traders said.
Retail prices of tomatoes down 13 per cent in last one week, 24 per cent in past one month: Govt
"Price of tomato at the all-India level, as on December 21, was lower by 12.89 per cent as compared to last one week and by 23.69 per cent as compared to last one month," an official statement said.
Tomato turns costly on tight supply; prices soar to Rs 72 per kg in metros
Among the metros, the maximum increase in the retail price of tomato was seen in Kolkata where the key kitchen vegetable was ruling as high as Rs 72 per kg on October 12 when compared to Rs 38 per kg during the month-ago period.
Tomato prices shoot up from Rs 10 to Rs 60 in Bengaluru
The retail price of tomatoes has shot up in various districts of Karnataka especillay in Bengaluru after supply crunch due to incessant rains. The price of tomatoes touched Rs 60 per kg at some places in Bengaluru from Rs 10 or Rs 15 per kg. Traders say that if the the same situation continues, the price will be close to Rs 100 in the state capital.
Tomato prices likely to normalise in 10 days
The prices of tomatoes have climbed to Rs 80 a kg in last few days burning pockets of consumers.
Tomato prices cross Rs 80/kg; likely to stay firm in next two months
High temperatures during April and May have affected tomato production adversely in the key growing belts of north India and Maharashtra.
Tomato prices double in a week; leave onion prices behind
Tomato prices have doubled to Rs 80 a kg in the past week, as plant diseases halved the output in Maharashtra, a major producer.
Tomato prices likely to ease as supplies pick up
Availability of the tomatoes has streamlined across the country and retail prices are expected to reduce within a week.
Tomato prices touches Rs 80 per kg
After onion, retail prices of tomatoes have soared up to Rs 80 per kg in the national capital on lower supplies from Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Indian tomato is neighbour’s envy; Maharashtra farmers send large consignments to Pakistan, Dubai and Bangladesh
Apart from Pakistan, tomato consignments are also being dispatched to Mumbai for export to Dubai and the Petrapole-Benapole border checkpoint to meet Bangladesh's orders.
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