The meager monsoon gets rejuvenated

MANSOON LASHES OVER KERALA

After a poor monsoon for the entire month of June, the second week of July brought some cheer to the citizens especially to farmers of Kerala. Deficient rain even in the month of Karkkidakam has alarmed all people  . The meager monsoon gets rejuvenated as the last two days of  heavy rain is  lashing over the district  

 

    

                                 The cloudy sky flare the hope of Malayalies ………

Deficient rain in 64% area of the country is likely to bring down food grains production by 15 million tonnes this year. The maximum damage is likely to be on coarse grains as a result of heavy rainfall deficit. Situation is alarming.

  Vegetable prices surge on poor rain

Prices of essential commodities have risen sharply in the past month, due to hoarding by stockists amid expectations of higher realisation, after a fortnight of delay, followed by 22 per cent deficiency in monsoon rainfall. While essential vegetable prices have jumped 72 per cent, foodgrains recorded a surge of 10-15 per cent. In vegetables, tomatoes led the spurt, recording a 71.4 per cent rise in the past month.We   have to consume green vegetables, whatever the price. We might have to reduce the quantity, but cannot completely deny its use.

	PINCHING POCKETS Inflationary trend in essential vegetables (Rs /10 kg)
Items		Price		Change (%)*
		15-Jun	19-Jul
Tomato		120-140	200-240	71.43
Onion		50-60	60-85	41.67
Capsicum		180-200	200-260	30.00
Cabbage		70-80	80-100	25.00
Cauliflower		70-100	80-120	20.00
Potato		115-140	155-160	14.28

This year major vegetables have remained absent from the market. Farmers are taking resort to short-duration crops instead of long-duration ones