MUMBAI: After the significant rise in lemon prices took the country by storm, another instance of inflation was witnessed in several cities of India, with the prices of tomatoes doubling in metropolitans like Mumbai and Chennai on June 1.
It was noted that the tomato prices skyrocketed on the first of this month, as the rates remained below Rs 50 in most cities, places like Mumbai and Chennai saw a major increase in the per kg rates of the essential vegetable, crossing the Rs 70-mark.
Barring Delhi, retail tomato prices skyrocketed up to Rs 77 per kg in other metro cities on Wednesday from over a month-ago period on a likely tight supply of the commodity, according to the government data.