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Prices of tur dal have increased by Rs 200-400/quintal last week for various qualities. In the Akola (Maharashtra) market and in Gulbarga (Karnataka), the price of tur dal shot up from Rs 136/kg to Rs 140/kg last week, while the price of tur imported from Mozambique increased by a substantial `Rs 5.5/kg in a week in Mumbai.
Of the 34 percent rise in the cost of a vegetarian thali, the CRISIL report has solely attributed 25 percent of it to the price rise of tomato.
An uneven monsoon and early heatwaves, coupled with the damage caused by cyclone Biparjoy, have wreaked havoc on vegetable production
However, onion supplies should improve once the kharif arrivals start from October, leading to softer prices, the research report from Crisil added
While surging vegetable prices have pushed up the trajectory of headline retail inflation, Nomura economists see the momentum of core inflation - or inflation excluding food and fuel items - as having fallen sharply