Indians are suffering due to the increasing prices of tomatoes in India. Tomato is one of the staple ingredients for Indians for any dish, even for those who do not consume onion and garlic. Hence, the rise in tomato prices is burning a hole in everyone’s pocket
On one hand, the rise in tomato prices has led to a headache for consumers, on the other hand, some tomato farmers have hit the jackpot as their earnings have increased manifold
A woman in Dubai carried an unusual gift for her mother who is residing in India. A Twitter user, Revs wrote, "My sister is coming to India from Dubai for her children's summer holidays and she asked my mum if she wanted anything from Dubai and my mother said bring 10 kilos of tomatoes. And so now she has packed 10kg tomatoes in a suitcase and sent it."
Shilpa Shetty also shared a reel where she gets shocked by the inflated prices of tomatoes at a supermarket. Each time she tries to pick up a tomato, however, a dialogue from her 2000 film Dhadkan begins to play. However, netizens commented that she was buying tomatoes in the UK and hence, the video seems unrelated to India’s issue of inflation
The situation is not grim for all as some tomato farmers were able to earn a fortune amid increasing prices. A farmer in Pune named Ishwar Gayakar, has claimed that he earned more than Rs 2.8 crore by selling tomatoes. He told ANI that he aims to earn Rs 3.5 crore with the remaining stock of 3,000-4,000 crates of tomatoes
Maharashtra farmer Tukaram Bhagoji Gayakar and his family earned more than Rs 1.5 crore by selling 13,000 tomato crates in a month
As per Tomato mandi prices, the average tomato price is Rs 6,956.67/Quintal. The lowest market price is Rs 1,600/Quintal while the costliest market price is Rs 13,000/Quintal
The National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India (NCCF) and the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) are selling tomatoes at a retail price of Rs 70 per kg. 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 July 16
Some of the reasons behind the increase in the prices of tomatoes are delayed monsoon, inadequate production and extreme heat