Potato prices in city shoot up abruptly
Potato prices have shot up in the city by minimum Rs 8 per kg after fear of loss of crop and vegetables due to unseasonal rain.
Potato prices have shot up in the city by minimum Rs 8 per kg after fear of loss of crop and vegetables due to unseasonal rain.
The tomatoes procured by NCCF and NAFED had been retailed, initially, at Rs.90/- per kg and then reduced to Rs.80/- per kg from 16 July.
This year till day the total available stock of potatoes in the district cold storages is jus 15 lakh metric tonnes.
With the latest revision, domestic LPG cylinders will retail at Rs 999.50 in Delhi.
HUL CEO and MD Sanjiv Mehta said that he has not seen an inflationary situation like this in the past 30 years spent at the company.
LPG domestic cylinders prices were hiked by Rs 25 today, rising total cost to Rs 911 in Kolkata.
The chicken traders in the city said that the hike in the retails prices was because of the rising wholesale market rates. There is a requirement of about three lakh metric tonnes of chicken feed per year in the state, according to West Bengal Poultry Federation sources.
"Supply-side disruptions in states and unfavourable base effects drove the broad-based momentum in retail inflation across food, fuel and core categories..."
The government on January 31, raised train fares marginally by one paise to four paise per kilometer depending on the travel class.
All the Congress General Secretaries have been asked to keep tabs and make extra efforts to ensure a decent attendance from the states.