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Price rise: A tale of hop, skip and jump
April 01, 2008
Data from the Price Monitoring Cell of the Department of Consumer Affairs of the Union government, which collects data on 15 essential commodities from 18 centres across the country, show that prices of most of the essential commodities monitored by the cell have experienced 20 to 40 per cent rise over the last few years.
We present here a comparison between the prices of some essential commodities prevailing in Delhi in March 2007 and March 2008. The prices mentioned have been culled from various sources: mandis of Delhi, central pricing system, retail pricing survey, etc.
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Item |
Rice |
Wheat |
Sugar |
Mustard Oil |
Potato |
Onion |
Other vegetables |
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Price in Jan 2007 (Rs/kg) |
18 |
8 |
18 |
60 |
8 |
9 |
12 on an average |
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Price in Jan 2008 (Rs/kg) |
26 |
15 |
21 |
90 |
10 |
12 |
28-30 on an average |
Image: An Indian vegetable vendor sprays water on his vegetables at a sabzi hat (vegetable market) at Choubaga, close to Kolkata. | Photograph: Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images
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