The government today said prices of pulses have surged by up to 80 per cent in the national capital over the last one year.
While prices of tur have gone up by 80 per cent in the last one year to Rs 90 a kg, that of moong dal surged 74 per cent to Rs 82, according to the data presented by Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
Even import of about 16 lakh tonnes of pulses between April and October has not eased pressure on the prices, the data showed.
Not just pulses, prices of sugar have almost doubled to Rs 38 a kg.
Surprisingly, the data presented in the minister?s reply showed prices of the preferred variety of rice as stable in Delhi against a year earlier, while market prices of the food grain have gone up by at least 25 per cent during this period on output concern.
Drought in about half the country has hit the paddy crop hard, with output expected to slump by over 15 million tonnes this year.