The West Bengal Cold Storage Association has urged the state government to lift the ban on interstate potato movement, warning of significant financial losses and economic harm to farmers and cold storage operators.
The wholesale inflation declined in the month of November. The food inflation also eased this month mainly due to the reduction in the prices of the vegetables. However, potato prices continue to be high.
The traders have expressed resentment over the re-imposition of restrictions to supply potatoes to the neighbouring states. The government's decision has garnered wide criticism from traders, and cold storage owners along neighbouring governments.
There are many seasonal foods available in winter, which, when eaten, provide energy and plenty of nutrients to the body. For this, include one sweet potato in your diet daily. Eating sweet potatoes will also keep many diseases away from the body.
These days fake potatoes are also being sold in the market. Are you also buying fake potatoes in the pursuit of new potatoes? While buying potatoes, use this trick to find out whether the potato is real or fake and chemically mixed.
The strike started on Sunday by the Progressive Potato Traders' Association (PPTA), which alleges that the authorities are "illegally" detaining trucks carrying the tuber going to neighbouring states.
The traders alleged that the Mamata government and local authorities were harassing the traders and resisting exports of potatoes to neighbouring states.
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Prices of potato that had skyrocketted in the past few months and is now near Rs 50 per kg is set to cool below Rs 40 per kg in West Bengal over thenext few days, an official of a cold storage association in the state said Wednesday.
To control the rising price of onion and potato, the West Bengal government has issued a directive that no wholesale dealer will be allowed to storemore than 25 MT and those having small businesses not more than two MT of two the vegetables, an official said on Friday.
The findings, published in the journal Clinical Nutrition, showed that Glycemic Index is not an accurate surrogate for an individual's glycemic response (GR) to a food consumed as part of an evening meal.
Potato prices in West Bengal are currently ruling high at Rs 32-33 a kg as 15-20 per cent of daily supply of the commodity is being exported to neighbouring states.
Wholesale prices-based inflation accelerated to a 10-month high of 3.10 per cent in January mainly due to costlier food articles, particulary onion and potato, official data showed on Friday.
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