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TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2014

Jogen Chowdhary first artist-inresidence at Rashtrapati Bhavan

Smriti Kak Ramachandran

Hit by blues as
greens go pricey
As vegetable prices soar in the
city, Vishal Kant takes a look
at the scenario in the market
and also peeps into the hearth
of harried families

ome budgeting for

many has been quite a
task this past fortnight as
rising vegetable prices have
sent many a homemaker
scurrying to nd suitable
alternatives for their
favourite dishes. While
rising tomato prices have
been making headlines
over the past fortnight, the
rates of other green
vegetables are also showing
an upward trend.
A sharp rise in the prices
of vegetables like tomato,
onion, potato and
cauliower has adversely
impacted household
budgets.
While ginger, an
ingredient that adds the
right dash of avour to a
dish, has been ruling at
around Rs.200 per kg for a
long time now, coriander
that adds the perfect aroma
has been hovering at
Rs.150 per kg. Cauliower
and peas are being sold
between Rs.40 and Rs.80 in
the citys wholesale
markets and for Rs.60 to
Rs.120 in the retail market,
depending on the quality.

CM
YK

The traders blame the

vagaries of monsoon and
also their subsidiary
expenditure for the
spiralling cost.
Traders at wholesale
mandis attribute the price
rise to lack of supply from
the neighbouring States.
Green vegetables like
cauliower arrive at the
mandi largely from
Haryana and neighbouring
districts of Uttar Pradesh.
However, supply from
these traditional supply
areas has stopped. This
happens every year during
this season. There has been
a sudden increase in the
prices of cauliower now as
elds in the surrounding
States have been
submerged due to the rain.
The supply at this stage is
only from Himachal
Pradesh. The recent rain
has played spoilsport, said
Azadpur Mandi trader
Suresh Mukhiya. Supply of
other greens has also been
affected.
Traders said the retailers
are forced to sell the
produce at a premium as

The one saving grace for many households is that in

the fluctuating and volatile vegetable market, the
onion prices have stabilised over the past few days
and the daily arrivals have been adequate

NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP

Jogen Chowdhary, Prof.
Emeritus of Visva Bharati
University, Santiniketan,
and former Keeper (Art) at
Rashtrapati Bhavan (197287) has been invited to be
the inaugural artist to stay
at Rashtrapati Bhavan under the In-Residence
Scheme for Writers and
Artists.
According to Venu Rajamony, Press Secretary to
the President, several
paintings of Mr. Chowdhary already form part of
Rashtrapati Bhavans art
collection. Mr. Chowdhary
will stay at Rashtrapati
Bhavan for a period of 14
days beginning Monday.
The
scheme
was
launched by the President
in 2013 with the aim of
providing established as
well as young and upcoming writers and artists an
opportunity to stay close

the wholesale market,

onion prices have
stabilised over the past few
days. Tomato supply
continues to remain
restricted to just two States
Himachal Pradesh and
Karnataka.
Tomato supply has not
normalised yet. Even
supply from Himachal has
been hit due to the recent
rain. However, supply of
onion has stabilised as
daily arrival has been
adequate. On Monday, 120
onion trucks arrived at the
mandi, said Azadpur
Mandi trader Sikander.
(With inputs from
interns Vinamrata and
Richa Pandey)

to nature in the picturesque and serene surroundings of Rashtrapati

Bhavan. The programme
seeks to provide an environment which will inspire creative thinking and
rejuvenate artistic impulses. Various activities like

CINEMA
ENGLISH:

they have to pay

commission to the mandi
management, apart from
paying the transportation
cost.
We need to pay
transportation cost at two
stages. Apart from paying
the local transporter for
carrying the load to the
vehicles, we incur extra
cost for transporting it to
our retail shop. A margin of
Rs.10 to Rs.15 over the
wholesale rate is
unavoidable, said Suresh
Kumar, a vegetable seller
at Sultanpuri, who was at
the Azadpur Mandi for
purchase.
While prices of tomatoes
continue to remain high in

Jogen Chowdhary

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reading sessions, exhibitions of works of art and

interaction with the residents of Rashtrapati Bhavan, etc. are also to be
organised in consultation
with the selected writers/
artists under the scheme,
said Mr. Rajamony.

(Moti Nagar, Pitampura, Laxmi

Nagar, Karkardooma), Satyam
(Patel Nagar, Janakpuri,
Nehru Place), BIG (Vaishali,
Noida, Kaushambi), Wave (Raja
Garden, Noida, Kaushambi), SRS
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City (Ghaziabad), Inox
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DT (Shalimar Bagh, Saket,
Vasant Kunj), Movie Time (Raja
Garden, Pitampura), Spice
(Noida), Satyam (Patel Nagar,
Janakpuri, Nehru Place), G3S
(Rohini), Wave (Raja Garden,
Noida, Kaushambi), SRS
Cinemas, MMX, JAM Shipra,
Galaxie, Star X (Vaishali), Inox
(Faridabad).
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