For 12 years, we have not seen any inflationary pressure on daily necessities,” Dilip Ghosh said. “Prices of vegetables increase every year during monsoon. It continues for a few months till production normalizes. Seasonal increase in food prices is a worldwide phenomenon and is dependent on production.
For 12 years, we have not seen any inflationary pressure on daily necessities,” Ghosh said. We are selling onions at Rs 35 per kg through our Sufal Bangla stores.
We have to keep in mind that Bengal does not produce onions,” Ghosh said. “Prices of vegetables increase every year during monsoon. It continues for a few months till production normalizes. Seasonal increase in food prices is a worldwide phenomenon and is dependent on production. “Potato prices are within normal range and there has not been any increase. Onion prices have also started to come down.
Kolkata: State’s agriculture marketing and panchayat minister Dilip Ghosh on Thursday said vegetable prices have started to soften and will normalise very soon. Ghosh held a meeting with sugar mill owners on Thursday to discuss ways to bring down sugar prices.
Ghosh had earlier pointed fingers at “syndicates” trying to artificially increase sugar prices. Sugar prices will be controlled before pujas,” Ghosh said. “Crisis is created at times and that is taken care of. Opposition politicians are vocal about that,” he added. “We have met sugar traders and mill owners. They have agreed to lower sugar costs.