<p>The Centre has started importing tomatoes from Nepal, Union finance minister said on Thursday amid a record high spike in prices in the country.</p><p>The first lot of imports are likely to reach by Friday in Varanasi, Lucknow and Kanpur, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Parliament.</p>.After tomatoes, onion prices set to pinch households.<p>Tomato prices have surged more than 1,400% at the wholesale market to a record Rs 140 per kg in the past three months, with farmers citing reasons including poor rainfall, higher temperatures and a virus outbreak that have hit the crop.</p>
<p>The Centre has started importing tomatoes from Nepal, Union finance minister said on Thursday amid a record high spike in prices in the country.</p><p>The first lot of imports are likely to reach by Friday in Varanasi, Lucknow and Kanpur, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Parliament.</p>.After tomatoes, onion prices set to pinch households.<p>Tomato prices have surged more than 1,400% at the wholesale market to a record Rs 140 per kg in the past three months, with farmers citing reasons including poor rainfall, higher temperatures and a virus outbreak that have hit the crop.</p>