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A labourer sorting out onions at a vegetable market in New Delhi on May 30, 2023. The new levy announced Saturday acts to ensure domestic availability and cool inflation, and is effective immediately until December 31, according to the country's Ministry of Finance. Global onion prices are likely to get a positive price cue on account of India's decision. India's government in July also banned the exports of non-basmati white rice in a bid to ensure sufficient domestic supplies. "The government would like to rein [in] prices and ensure sufficient availability in the domestic market.
Persons: Arun SANKAR, ARUN SANKAR, Arun Sankar, Pushan Sharma, Samarendu Mohanty Organizations: Getty, Afp, country's Ministry of Finance, India's Department of Consumer Affairs, CRISIL Market Intelligence, P, Indian Meteorological Department, Pushan Sharma CRISIL, Intelligence, Potato Center, CNBC Locations: New Delhi, AFP, India, Maharashtra, Karnataka, oversupply, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Sri Lanka
Burger King in India has taken tomatoes off the menu due to food inflation, per Reuters. Tomatoes prices have shot up drastically due to India's food inflation, which is at its highest since January 2020. "Even tomatoes need a vacation... we are unable to add tomatoes to our food," signs posted outside these two outlets said, per Reuters. Following McDonald's, Subway in India also dropped tomatoes from its menu that same month, the Times of India reported. Like McDonald's, notices outside a few Subway outlets in New Delhi attributed the unavailability of tomatoes due to quality issues.
Persons: Burger, Burger King Organizations: Service, Reuters, CNBC TV18, India's Department of Consumer Affairs, The, Cooperative Consumer's Federation of, India, New York Times Locations: India, Wall, Silicon, McDonald's, Subway, New Delhi, of India, Cooperative Consumer's Federation of India
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