date:Nov 06, 2019
last three days as compared with the daily average in the preceding days.
There have been some supply disruption because of Diwali and also rains in some areas where these crops are grown hit harvesting leading to the spurt in prices. An official of the Agricultural Ministry present at the meeting said the harvesting of kharif (winter) onions was underway in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Farmers are currently harvesting the tomato crop in Andhra Pradesh