The prices of various food items went down during the week ending on March 10 as compared to the previous week, according to the SPI data released by PBS.
According to the data, the commodities that witnessed decrease in prices on Week-on-Week (WoW) basis included tomatoes and garlic, the prices of which declined by 15.57 percent and 3.94 percent respectively.
Other products that witnessed decrease in prices included, eggs (1.22%), gur (0.98%), sugar (0.73%), pulse Mash (0.64%), pulse Moong (0.39%), LPG (0.24%) and wheat flour (0.22%).
On Year-on-Year (YoY) basis, the commodities that witnessed decrease in prices during the week compared to corresponding week of last year included chillies powdered (36.30%), pulse Moong (30.52%), eggs (18.59%), sugar (10.42%) and potatoes (7.32%).
On the other hand, the items that witnessed increase in prices on WoW basis included, onions (10.86%), chicken (8.75%), bananas (4.49%), potatoes (2.38%), mustard oil (2.33%), vegetable ghee 1 kg (1.96%); washing soap (1.40%) and energy saver (1.32%).—APP
