Rising onion prices push vegetarian thali costs up 12% in October

The cost of a home-cooked vegetarian thali rose 12% year-on-year to ₹31.2 in October, driven by higher prices of onions, tomatoes, vegetable oil, rice and LPG, while the cost of a non-vegetarian thali increased 9%, according to a Crisil report. On a month-on-month basis, the cost of a vegetarian thali increased 1%. Notably, onion prices rose 116% year-on-year in October.