TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi/ Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today termed the rise in onion and tomato prices as “seasonal factor”, saying the situation will normalise in a week or so on improved supplies of the fresh crop.
In the national capital, retail onion prices are ruling as high as Rs 51 per kg and those of tomato at Rs 80. At Mother Dairy outlets, onion is being sold at Rs 47 per kg and tomato Rs 70, according to the trade data.
However, all India average retail price of onion is Rs 33 and tomato Rs 45, showed the official data.”The price rise in onion and tomato is a seasonal issue.
The rates will come down in a week or so as arrival of the new crop improves,” Paswan told the media after taking unity pledge to mark the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Barring these veggies, prices of other essential commodities like rice and wheat are ruling stable, he added. Stating that the new crop of kharif onion has started arriving in mandis, Consumer Affairs Secretary Avinash Srivastav said the fresh crop is being harvested in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.
