TOMATO FROM NEPAL

Grain stocks are usually released through open market sales, as has been done this year too. But this does not help because often the quality is not of acceptable standards. While lower-quality wheat can find buyers from the informal food processing...

Tomato prices in India have taken a sharp downward turn after reaching a peak of nearly Rs 300 per kg. Prices dropped to as low as Rs 14 per kg in the Mysuru APMC market, while in Bengaluru, prices ranged from Rs 30 to Rs 35 per kg. The decline is a...

Tomato prices have fallen to Rs50-70 per kg due to the arrival of new crops in retail markets. This follows a period in which prices soared to Rs250 per kg. The trend seems set to continue, with Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh announcin...

Notices pasted at two Burger King India outlets read, "Even tomatoes need a vacation ... we are unable to add tomatoes to our food,", Reuters reported on August 16.

The National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India Ltd (NCCF) has imported five tonnes of tomatoes from Nepal, which will be sold at a subsidized rate of Rs 50 per kg in Uttar Pradesh. NCCF has contracted for import of ten tonnes of tomatoes fr...

India's neighbouring country, Nepal, has sought easy access to the market and other necessary facilities while stating that it is ready to export tomatoes to India in bulk on a long-term basis. The move comes post India's finance minister Nirmala Si...

Nepal's government wants to export tomatoes to India in large quantities on a long-term basis, but it needs India to provide access to the market and other necessary facilities. This comes as India starts importing tomatoes from Nepal due to a recor...

Since July 11, the National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India Limited (NCCF) is selling tomatoes at a discounted rate on behalf of the central government to boost domestic availability and contain prices. So far, NCCF has sold 9,38,862 kg o...

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, wh...

Tomatoes are causing a stir in India due to increasing prices caused by harsh weather conditions and reduced planting areas, impacting inflation projections and catching the attention of the Reserve Bank of India and the Indian Parliament. The RBI t...

She pledged more steps to boost supplies of essential commodities like pulses, tomato and onion to curb food inflation on top measures already taken by the government. Her comments came on a day when the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised retail inf...

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that India will be importing tomatoes from Nepal, amid a record high surge in prices in the country. During her speech in Parliament, Sitharaman informed that the first lot of imports are li...

Skyrocketing food prices in India are hitting consumers hard. Prices for staples such as rice, pulses and tomatoes, essential items used in the preparation of most Indian dishes, have surged and making affording even necessities difficult for most I...

Customs officials in India are to be investigated regarding the release of a tomato consignment valued at Rs 4.8 lakh ($6,465), recovered in Uttar Pradesh's Maharajganj district on 7 July. Following its confiscation, the tomatoes were handed to offi...

The high prices of tomatoes in India, with prices ranging from Rs 120- Rs 130, have forced residents of Dharchula and Banbasa to cross into Nepal to buy them for just Rs 62- Rs 69. The Nepalese government has encouraged farmers to diversify from gro...

Wholesale tomato prices touched Rs 70 per kilo in end-July, on the back of a severe supply shortage in vegetable mandis.

For decades, farmers of this Himalayan nation have been using the dung of their cows and buffaloes as manure. But they had to use pesticides to control crop infestations.

The wholesalers and vegetable vendors hold shortage of manpower and expensive transport fare responsible behind the soaring prices.

For the first time in the country, corporates have actually captured power by funding election in favour of a particular party.