date:May 28, 2014
The difference between the wholesale (WSP) and retail prices of vegetables for 2013-14 has gone up beyond 49 per cent.
This was stated in a paper titled Vegetables Wholesale and Retail Price Discrepancy, by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).
It underscored the widening gap between the prices at which procurement is done from farmers and the price level for consumers.
The paper added that the majority of Indian retailers were selling vegetables at prices wh