Vegetable prices have plunged since January, worsening farm distress even as consumers get relief. Potatoes are down 40%, onions 50% and tomatoes up to 80%, driven by a supply glut and peak harvest arrivals. Among benchmark wholesale markets, potatoes trade near 4/kg in Azadpur, onions at 10-11/kg in Lasalgaon, and tomatoes about 7/kg in Pimpalgaon. Staples have also eased, with wheat down about 10% and rice 5-6%. The declines are being driven by excess production, weak export demand, LPG shortages and heavy arrivals during the harvest season, pushing prices to levels farmers say are below cost, even as they help offset inflationary pressures from costlier imported commodities amid the West Asia conflict.