Onion is not the only vegetable that makes households shed tears due to its surging prices. Brinjal too could be added to this list. The price of brinjal has surged 40 per cent in the last one year. Fall in production due to poor rains has taken prices higher. In Chennai, brinjal is sold currently at ₹28 per kg, up from ₹20 per kg a year ago and from ₹24 per kg last month.
Here are the prices of various commodities in Chennai.
Price scale is given as Rs./kg
| Commodity | Quantity | Now | Year ago |
| Rice | 1 kg | 28 | 32 |
| Wheat | 1 kg | 32 | 30 |
| Atta | 1 kg | 30 | 32 |
| Gram Dal | 1 kg | 75 | 48 |
| Tur Dal | 1 kg | 160 | 83 |
| Urad Dal | 1 kg | 150 | 90 |
| Moong Dal | 1 kg | 130 | 96 |
| Masoor Dal | 1 kg | 95 | 75 |
| Sugar | 1 kg | 32 | 34 |
| Milk | 1 ltr | 37 | 27 |
| Ground Nut Oil | 1 ltr | 126 | 105 |
| Sun flower Oil | 1 ltr | 92 | 85 |
| Gur (Jaggery) | 1 kg | 50 | 49 |
| Tea | 1 kg | 220 | 220 |
| Salt | 1 kg | 18 | 17 |
| Lime | 1 kg | 80 | 100 |
| Apple | 1 kg | 140 | 140 |
| Papaya | 1 kg | 30 | 30 |
| Pineapple | 1 kg | 40 | 40 |
| Pomegranate | 1 kg | 140 | 120 |
| Sapota | 1 kg | 50 | 50 |
| Banana | 1 kg | 32 | 30 |
| Bitter Gourd | 1 kg | 28 | 24 |
| Brinjal | 1 kg | 28 | 40 |
| Cabbage | 1 kg | 20 | 18 |
| Cauli Flower | 1 kg | 40 | 40 |
| Garlic | 1 kg | 140 | 120 |
| Ginger | 1 kg | 100 | 120 |
| Chilly | 1 kg | 24 | 46 |
| Onion | 1 kg | 52 | 28 |
| Potato | 1 kg | 28 | 40 |
| Tomato | 1 kg | 28 | 16 |
*Source: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, National Horticulture Board.
Source : The Hindu
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