Overview
- Crisil’s March Roti Rice Rate shows the vegetarian plate stayed unchanged year on year and the non-vegetarian plate slipped 1%, with month-on-month costs down 3% for veg and 2% for non-veg.
- Broiler chicken, which makes up about half of a non-veg plate’s cost, was roughly 2% cheaper than a year ago and drove the small decline.
- Tomato prices jumped 33% after delayed transplanting in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh slowed crop growth and market arrivals.
- Onion prices fell about 25% as late kharif and rabi harvests overlapped and weak exports led to distress sales of short‑shelf‑life stocks.
- Edible-oil prices rose about 6% and LPG about 14% due to global supply disruptions linked to West Asia tensions and biofuel demand, and Crisil expects oils to stay firm with onion prices likely to recover if output drops or NAFED intervenes.