87% Indian households affected by the rising vegetable prices; 7% unable to differentiate prices: Survey

About nine out of every 10 households in India are feeling the pinch of rising prices of vegetables in the last 30 days, according to a survey. LocalCircles, which conducted the survey, said it received 11,800 responses from citizens residing in 311 districts across India and claimed that around 87 percent of Indian households are "affected" by the rising prices of vegetables since March. Of these, 37 percent of the respondents said they were experiencing an increased spending of over 25 percent on vegetables.

LocalCircles said findings of the survey indicate that prices of some vegetables skyrocketed in the last month. 36 percent of the respondents said they were paying 10-25 percent more, while another 14 percent said they were paying 0-10 percent more for the same quantity of vegetables now compared to last month. As many as 25 percent of the people said they had to shell out 25-50 percent more while another five percent people believed they had to burn an additional 50-100 percent for the same quantity of vegetables as compared to March.

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