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Kitchen Staples: The prices of kitchen essentials like pulses, wheat and sugar have been rising continuously in May as domestic production lagged due to the deficit monsoon of 2023. Limited availability of chana, urad and tur in the international markets has kept imports sluggish and expensive, while sugar and wheat prices have been ruling firm as the buffer stock has shrunk beyond comfort level.
The prices of kitchen essentials like pulses, wheat and sugar have been rising continuously in May as domestic production lagged due to the deficit monsoon of 2023. Limited availability of chana, urad and tur in the international markets has kept imports sluggish and expensive, while sugar and wheat prices have been ruling firm as the buffer stock has shrunk beyond comfort level.
Sugar prices rise 4.5% in 2 weeks amid soaring summer demand from ice cream and beverage companies. Government increases April sales quota to 2.5 million tonnes. Rising mercury and election campaigning fuel the surge.
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