Amid pandemic, spike in prices of essential items makes life difficult for common people

Against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, the prices of essential items such as edible oil and pulses have shot up across India. This is making life difficult for common people.

The Covid-19 pandemic has left many with depleted economic resources and no source of income. Now, they also have to contend with a spike in prices of essential goods such as edible oil and pulses. Across the country, the story is the same. Prices of kitchen goods, apart from petrol and diesel, have skyrocketed during the second wave of the pandemic. In the last one year, prices of essential food items have increased by 40 to 100 per cent. This is making it very difficult for families to make ends meet. India Today’s journalists spoke to several families, wholesalers and experts across different cities to understand the ground reality of this issue.