date:Feb 17, 2017
for 2016-17, has pegged the output in West Bengal at 84.27 lakh tonnes (see Table).
The price of the early variety of tuber is trading at around ₹150 per 50-kg at the cold storage levels. Last year, prices varied between ₹250 and ₹300 for the early variety of tuber. Later, around February 2016, prices fell to around ₹160.
According to trade sources, cold storages have been hoarding stocks since last December anticipating higher prices (this season) as well as increased demand from neighbo