New Delhi: The cost of home-cooked vegetarian and non-vegetarian thalis fell as much as 17 per cent and 12 per cent (year-on-year) in October, respectively, primarily because of a steep decline in the prices of vegetables and pulses, a Crisil report said on Friday.

Potato prices slid 31 per cent on a high base, wherein production in Rabi season 2024-2025 rose by 3-4 per cent on-year, while tomato prices fell 40 per cent on-year on the back of higher supplies from western and southern markets, according to Crisil’s monthly indicator of food plate cost.

According to Pushan Sharma, Director, Crisil Intelligence, onion prices fell owing to an increase in supply of stock from the rabi season 2024-25, ahead of the kharif crop arrivals in the market from November.

“Pulses saw price correction

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