The cost of a vegetarian thali became dearer by 7 per cent in March primarily due to the rise in onion, tomato, and potato prices, an arm of domestic rating agency Crisil said today.
The rise in prices of ingredients like pulses, rice, onion and tomato made home-cooked veg thali costlier in January, while decline in poultry rates helped in the fall in non-veg thali rates
According to CRISIL Market Intelligence & Analytics, while thali prices were down sequentially in December, a plate of vegetarian food was 12 percent more expensive compared to a year ago.
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It may be noted here that Crisil computes the average cost of preparing a thali at home based on input prices in north, south, east and west India. The monthly change reveals how the common man s household budget is being impacted by by the inflation scenario.