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Consumers wait in a long queue, braving the rain, to buy tomatoes at a subsidised price at the MVP Rythu Bazaar, in Visakhapatnam on July 18. | Photo Credit: DEEPAK K. R. The story so far: As prices of tomatoes hover between ₹100 and ₹200…

By Ashutosh Joshi   An eight-fold surge in tomato prices is making some Indian farmers rich, although their windfall gains may be short-lived due to a likely rise in supplies in the coming weeks.   Retail prices of…

The Centre started to sell tomatoes at a discounted rate of ₹90 per kg in Delhi-NCR through mobile vans. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena The Centre will sell tomatoes at ₹80 per kg from July 16, as against ₹90 per kg earlier, to provide…

Southern and western regions contribute 56% to 58% of tomato production. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu After tomato prices rocketed to ₹200 per kg in some cities, the Centre decided on Wednesday to use its agencies to procure stocks from…

 McDonald’s India - North and East said it is constrained to “hold tomatoes for the time being” and is trying to resolve this issue. File. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Fast food chain McDonald's has stopped using tomato in its food…

By Pratik Parija and Atul Prakash   Indian tomato prices are soaring due to adverse weather, triggering a wave of social media memes comparing the cost of the essential ingredient with anything from petrol to…

Data from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution’s Price Monitoring Division show that prices of 9 of the 10 key food items sampled by The Hindu had increased as on June 27, 2023 from a month earlier. The price of…

By Online Desk Tomatoes and Indian cuisine are almost inseparable. Rich in Vitamin A, C, B6, the humble vegetable (or, fruit. That debate is for another day) is packed with calcium, potassium, beta-carotene, folate…

By Online Desk Tomatoes and Indian cuisine are almost inseparable. Rich in Vitamin A, C, B6, the humble vegetable (or, fruit. That debate's for another day) is packed with calcium, potassium, beta-carotene, folate…

Arrival of tomato stocks at Madanapalle market in Annamayya district dipped on Saturday. | Photo Credit: The price tag of tomatoes, which was ₹60 a kg last week at the vegetable markets in Rayalaseema districts, all of a sudden jumped to…