Consumers are suffering after the prices of food, petroleum products, cooking gas and everything else increased. They are suffering from the rising food prices. Purna Tamang of Nuwakot Dupcheshwor-4, who makes a living by running a road, has started thinking about going abroad. The prices of pulses, rice and oil have been increasing day by day, and at the same time, the room rent has also increased. 

‘If the price of just one item had increased, it would have been easier to live in Kathmandu. The prices of everything from petrol to rations have increased, and the room rent has also increased,’ he said, ‘After the price of petrol has increased sharply, there is no profit to be made even from ride sharing.’

Nawaraj Khadka, who runs a tea shop in Balkhu, Kathmandu, says that the prices of everything from sugar have increased. Gyanu Bidari of Tokha-Bidari Chowk is worried about how to run her household due to the rising price of rations. ‘Everything has increased at once. There is nothing to eat, I am worried about how to run my household,’ she said, ‘Yesterday when I went to buy oil, there is one price, today when I go to buy the same oil, there is another price. How will I run the house? I am at a loss.’ She says that it would be easier if the prices of goods like oil, pulses, gas, and sugar decreased. ‘We have to buy the most of those things. But we have not been able to touch their prices,’ she said. ‘If the prices of goods keep increasing but the salaries do not increase, we who work and eat will be miserable.’

Sanju Aryal of Pokhara Metropolitan City-32, who is preparing for public service, is also thinking about how to survive on limited money. ‘We do not get gas on time, now all goods have increased. They say that oil and rice have increased every day,’ she said. ‘Students like us also fell victim to the West Asian war.’ Nawaraj Khadka, who runs a tea shop in Balkhu, Kathmandu, says that the prices of everything from sugar have increased. ‘We have been making food to order, not just tea. But the prices of rice and oil have increased,' he said, 'When prices are increased, customers do not come. If you sell at the same price, you are making a loss.' 

He also said that some students of the Central Department of Journalism are eating the same food for the day after not getting gas. Wholesale and retail traders say that they have sold accordingly because the prices have increased. They also say that when they sell at the increased price, customers tell them that they are the only ones who have increased it. 

Yashoda Gurung, the owner of Bajra Store, which has been operating in Ranivan, Kathmandu for 14 years, also claims that inflation has reached the sky. She said that customers who come to buy food items every day complain that the prices of food items have increased a lot. 'Until Dashain, we used to sell cooking oil at 2,100 rupees, which is a compensation for the price. Now it has reached 2,900,' she said, 'The price of every item has increased. As prices continue to rise, it has become difficult to sell to customers. She said that they are told that the prices have increased due to the ongoing war in West Asia and that they are also telling the same to their customers. 

Not only in Kathmandu, but also in Pokhara, retailers and wholesalers are forced to listen to customer complaints after the price of food has increased. Kamala Joshi of Unique Shop in Pokhara Metropolitan City-32 said that they have seen a price increase due to the war. She said that the price of oil has increased the most. “The price of oil has increased the most, and now it has also increased in bran,” she said. “We tell the place where we bring the goods that the price has increased. Customers tell us.” She said that the price of goods has increased due to the increase in the price of petroleum products. 

Krishna Prasad Manandhar, the owner of Malung Stores in Tokha-1, Kathmandu, says that instead of the price increase due to the war in West Asia, he has been criticized. Along with food, the price of spices is also increasing. Meena Dangol, a resident of Saibaba Chowk, Tokha-2, has been grinding and buying spices. ‘The price of spices has also increased, people come to grind and buy spices,’ she said, ‘The price of all kinds of spices, such as cumin and coriander, has increased, they come saying how much the price has increased.’ 

Krishna Prasad Manandhar, the owner of Malung Stores in Tokha-1, Kathmandu, says that instead of the price increase due to the war in West Asia, he has been criticized. ‘Some customers say that the price of oil, sugar, and rice has increased. When they explain that all goods have increased due to the war, they even criticize them saying that they increased after the new government came to power,’ he said. 

Pavitra Bajracharya, the president of the Nepal Retail Trade Association, said that the price of food has increased due to the ongoing conflict in West Asia. ‘Every time the goods are sold out, they increase, this is because of the war,’ he said. He admits that the price of edible oil has increased the most among food items. ‘The prices of rice, spices and other food items are also increasing gradually. In some places, the wholesale price has increased, but not in retail,’ he said. ‘The price has increased in both wholesale and retail.’

Utsav Goyal, founder of Bhishtar Trade in Kathmandu, said that the price of rice has been increasing recently. ‘We are selling rice, flour, and other items,’ he said. ‘The price of all types of rice has not increased, the price of long grain rice has increased.’ He said that a 20-kg bag of such rice has increased by Rs 200 to Rs 300. 

Goyal said that a 25-kg bag of cumin rice has increased by Rs 100 to Rs 150. He said that the price of rice has increased in India, which has also affected Nepal. As consumers, grocers and wholesalers have said, the price of vegetables and fruits has increased along with food items recently.

According to the Nepal Retail Trade Association, oil prices have been increasing since last December. On December 1, the price of sunflower oil per liter was Rs 245, but it increased by Rs 5 to Rs 250 on December 15. The price of sunflower oil, which increased by Rs 5 again on January 1, increased by Rs 15 per liter on January 15, according to the association. Since there was no price increase throughout Falgun, the price of oil per liter was limited to Rs 275. However, on January 1, the price of sunflower oil increased by Rs 20 per liter to Rs 295. The price of long grain basmati rice is also increasing. 

The price of rice, which was Rs 170 per kilogram until January 1, increased by Rs 5 to Rs 175 on January 15. Since then, it has increased by Rs 5 to Rs 180 per kilogram. The price of rahar dal, which was Rs 200 per kilogram until February 15, increased by Rs 15 to Rs 215 on January 1. According to the association, the price of cumin, which was Rs 520 per kilogram in Magh, has been trading at Rs 540 since Falgun. According to the association, the price of soybean oil in Poush was Rs 245 per liter. The price was not fixed in Magh and Falgun. But by Chaitra 15, it had reached Rs 290, according to the association.

The price of broccoli per kilogram has increased by 85.71 percent. It has reached 65 rupees on 15 Chaitra from 35 rupees on 15 Falgun. The price of Tarai cauliflower has increased by 57.14 percent, according to the committee. It has reached 55 rupees on 15 Chaitra from 35 rupees on 15 Falgun. The price of various greens has increased the most. The price of Rayo greens has increased by 250 percent, the price of spinach by 200 percent, and the price of Chamsur greens by 133.33 percent. Greens are sold in bundles.  Just as the price of food items has increased, the price of vegetables has also skyrocketed. According to the data of the Kalimati Fruit and Vegetable Market Development Committee, the price of vegetables has also skyrocketed. According to the data of the Kalimati Fruit and Vegetable Market Development Committee, the price of vegetables has also skyrocketed. According to the data of the Kalimati Fruit and Vegetable Market Development Committee, the price of vegetables has also skyrocketed. According to the data of the committee, the price of local cauliflower has increased by 94.66 percent. The average price of broccoli per kilogram on 15 Falgun was 34.25 rupees, but it reached 66.67 rupees on 15 Chaitra. 

The monthly report of Nepal Rastra Bank also shows that the inflation of the food and beverage group has reached 3.60 percent. The inflation rate in 2081 Falgun was 3.34 percent. According to the data of the Rastra Bank, the inflation of the non-food and service group is 3.63 percent. Compared to Falgun 2081, the price has decreased. In Falgun 2081, it was 3.97 percent. Although the monthly inflation rate has increased by a few points, it has decreased on average. The average inflation in the eight months of the current fiscal year is 2.13 percent. In the same period of the last fiscal year, the average inflation was 4.72 percent.