Vegetables carry political weight in a country that is battling soaring inflation
Tomato prices are surging in India, putting politicians on notice as vegetables have an unusual history of toppling governments in the country.
The costs of everything from cooking oil to wheat flour have climbed in India, stoking inflation to an eight-year high in April and squeezing household budgets. The government has risked global ire by restricting wheat and sugar exports and the central bank is seen heading for another interest-rate increase in June after surprising with a hike in May. A dovish member of the central bank’s rate-setting committee has said food prices had risen more than the monetary authorities had expected.
During Modi’s 2018 campaign, he famously said farmers are his “top” priority, explaining that “TOP” means “Tomato, Onion and Potato”. Mango prices are also rising in some areas after unusually hot weather slashed output. Prices of the popular Himsagar variety have doubled in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, from 50 rupees in 2021. Production of mangoes has slumped about 40% in the state, partly due to heatwaves in previous weeks, according to Kamal Dey, president of the West Bengal Vendors’ Association.
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