Diesel Price Hike Impact On Farming: The increase of Rs 3 in diesel prices has not only increased the burden on the tanks of vehicles but it is also going to have a direct and deep impact on the budget of our farms and kitchens. Today’s modern farming is completely dependent on machines and heavy transportation, where diesel is the biggest fuel for preparing the fields and transporting the crops to big markets.

The recent huge increase in the prices of petrol and diesel has directly increased the input cost of essential goods. In such a situation, it is natural to raise the question whether our plate is going to become more expensive. According to experts, due to this increase of Rs 3, the budget of every household will definitely increase in the coming days. Let us tell you what will become expensive.

If the cost of farming increases, grains will become expensive.

The first and direct blow of diesel becoming expensive falls on the farmer’s pocket. In today’s time, diesel has become the first necessity for all these tasks like plowing the field with tractor, irrigating crops with pumping set and harvesting with combine harvester. When diesel rates increase, the cost of farming per acre increases significantly.

Apart from this, the manufacturing cost of fertilizers and other agro-products used in agriculture also goes up due to increase in fuel prices. It is not possible for the farmer to bear this increased cost on his own, due to which it is considered certain that the base price of grains, pulses and edible oil will increase.

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Prices of vegetables and milk will also increase

Rising prices affect logistics i.e. transportation. Which is directly connected to our kitchen. Daily essential items like green vegetables, fruits and milk from the fields are loaded in trucks and commercial vehicles and brought to the markets of the cities. When fuel for heavy vehicles becomes expensive, transporters increase their freight charges.

Things like vegetables and milk are perishable, hence it is necessary to send them to cold storage or market immediately. The entire burden of this increased rent falls on the pockets of end consumers i.e. common people like you and me, due to which vegetables and milk packets become expensive in the market.

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