Vegetarian Thali Cost Hits 7-Month High As Onion Prices Surge

Imagine your family cooks a meal at home every day.

In July, that meal got a little more expensive to make.

A report from Crisil Intelligence says a vegetarian meal cost about ₹29.1 in July.

That is about 2% more than the month before, and the highest in seven months.

The main reason is onions — they got much more expensive.

Bad weather hurt onion crops and stores in Maharashtra earlier in the year.

Cooking oil and cooking gas also cost more than last year.

A meal with chicken or meat cost the same as last month, but more than last year because chicken prices went up.

So some dinners now cost a bit more, mostly because of onions and other ingredients going up.