New DelhI: Worried over rising onion price, the government hiked the benchmark price for its exports by 40 per cent to USD 900 per tonne for augmenting domestic supply of the vegetable, even as Agric

 
New Delhi: With onion prices soaring, Government on Wednesday assured the state governments that it would find out a solution to contain it.
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public

Kitchen gardens across the city are burgeoning as many Chennaities have started to make use of the available space to grow organic produce.

Most people with kitchen gardens said that they have manag

With the government hiking diesel price, truckers who fetch vegetables and other food items are likely to raise the charges.

The Koyambedu wholesale vegetable market which supplies to over 90 retail

The vegetable cultivation drive called ‘Pachakkari Samridhi Nadinnum Nagarathinum’, launched by the chief minister in May has turned to be a big success in the city.

The district Agri-Horticulture S

Poor monsoon continues to put pressure on prices of staple vegetables, including tomato and potato, and could further push up retail inflation which is hovering above the double-digit mark.

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Thanks to the skyrocketing vegetables prices and increasing awareness about the benefits of organic produce, many kitchen gardens (or rather kitchen pots) have sprouted in the city’s balconies and ter

Large numbers of people flocked to Rythu Bazaars in the city on Wednesday to purchase vegetables at the subsidised rates offered by the marketing department. The department has launched two different

A bunch of curry leaves often came free with purchase of vegetables till a fortnight ago. But, the soaring prices have not spared even these humble leaves, an item that’s discarded even after a meal.

Retail inflation moved up marginally to 10.36 per cent in May on account of increase in prices of vegetables, edible oils and milk.