{"id":259349,"date":"2023-09-09T18:48:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T13:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=259349"},"modified":"2023-10-08T12:01:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T06:31:27","slug":"thali-economics-how-food-inflation-is-pinching-vegetarian-households-more-why-september-promises-some-respite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/thali-economics-how-food-inflation-is-pinching-vegetarian-households-more-why-september-promises-some-respite\/","title":{"rendered":"Thali economics: How food inflation is pinching vegetarian households more, why September promises some respite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201cThali economics: How food inflation is pinching vegetarian households more, why September promises some respite\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> Indian Express on 9th September 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a rating<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> firm Crisil, the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> increase in food prices is affecting both vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals, with a significant 24.26% rise in vegetarian thali meal costs and a 12.54% increase in non-vegetarian thali meal costs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is a thali meal and how are its costs calculated?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-259350\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Thali.jpg-2.jpg?resize=240%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Thali.jpg-2.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Thali.jpg-2.jpg?w=759&amp;ssl=1 759w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source: Indian Express<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thali is an Indian-style meal made up of a selection of various dishes \u2013 vegetarian and non-vegetarian \u2013 which are served on a platter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A veg thali comprises roti, vegetables (onion, tomato, and potato), rice, dal, curd, and salad.For non-veg thali, the constituents remain the same but for dal, which is replaced by chicken.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Crisil, the average cost of preparing a thali at home is calculated based on input prices prevailing in north, south, east and west India.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The monthly change reflects the impact on the common man\u2019s expenditure.The data also reveals the ingredients (cereals, pulses, broilers, vegetables, spices, edible oil, cooking gas) driving changes in the cost of a thali.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What led to the rise in prices of Thali meals?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rise in thali prices was primarily driven by the significant <\/span><b>increase in the price of tomatoes.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 For instance, of the 24.26% increase in the cost of a vegetarian thali, 21% can be attributed solely to the 176% rise in tomato prices over the past year, going from Rs 37\/kg to Rs 102\/kg.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Additionally, the prices of onions increased by 8%, chillies by 20%, and cumin by 158% from August 2022, contributing to a one percent increase in the cost of a vegetarian thali.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>In the case of non-vegetarian thali<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the cost increase was less pronounced because the price of broilers, which make up over 50% of the cost, rose only moderately by 1-3% during the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Will the Thali prices come down in the coming months<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thali prices are expected to decrease as the retail price of tomatoes has dropped to Rs 51\/kg from July 2023.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the cost of a LPG cylinder has been reduced.This is good news for consumers and should provide some relief.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cThali economics: How food inflation is pinching vegetarian households more, why September promises some respite\u201d published in Indian Express on 9th September 2023 What is the News? According to a rating firm Crisil, the increase in food prices is affecting both vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals, with a&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/thali-economics-how-food-inflation-is-pinching-vegetarian-households-more-why-september-promises-some-respite\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thali economics: How food inflation is pinching vegetarian households more, why September promises some respite<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,9],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-259349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-public","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}