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Vegetable Market

Food prices at this vegetable market in Dehradhun have increased dramatically in the past couple of months.

Demand For Iron Tablets Aazim Siddiqui, a chemist in Deradhun market, says now he is selling more iron tablets as pregnant women who are worried that they may not be getting enough iron from their food turn to vitamin supplements.

Anjana And Her Two-Year Old Son Arpit

Anjana buys half as much gram flour now, a staple in Indian cooking, because the price has risen sharply. “We women are always the ones to feel it most,” Anjana says. “We are the ones in the kitchen and with children.”

Valuable Tomatoes

Tomatoes, one of the key ingredients in Indian cuisine, have doubled in price in Dehradhun market.

Fewer Customers

Vegetable vendor Manoj Shah has been selling fewer vegetables because of high food prices.