
More supply than demand keeps vegetables cheap in monsoon for first time in several years; traders, growers struggle to sell
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- Mar 22,2023
For the first time in at least four years, vegetable prices have not spiked during the rainy season. Increase in vegetable supplies across the country due to increased plantation, coupled with crash in demand from institutions and hotels, has helped to keep prices stable. Deficient monsoon has proved a boon in disguise as the damages caused by heavy rainfall during harvest and travel period also helped.