Rythu Bazar vs market yard: which price should you look at?
How Rythu Bazar prices differ from market yard (APMC) prices, with today's Hyderabad vegetable prices side by side.
What each one is
A market yard (APMC) is a wholesale market: produce is sold to traders by the quintal, by auction or bargaining. A Rythu Bazar is a farmers' market run by the state government: farmers sell straight to buyers by the kilo, at prices officials set each day. Rythu Bazars started in 1999 in undivided Andhra Pradesh.
Which price should you look at?
If you trade or farm, the yard price shows the wholesale trend. If you are buying for home, the Rythu Bazar price is closer to what you will pay. Shop prices are usually above both.
Hyderabad today (per kg)
Median prices in the latest reports, for vegetables priced at both:
| Vegetable | Market yards | Rythu Bazars |
|---|---|---|
| Tomato | ₹15 | ₹23 |
| Brinjal | ₹18 | ₹28 |
| Green chilli | ₹38 | ₹50 |
| Beetroot | ₹20 | ₹31 |
| Bitter gourd | ₹25 | ₹38 |
| Cabbage | ₹8 | ₹13 |
| Carrot | ₹30 | ₹45 |
| Cluster beans | ₹25 | ₹35 |
| Potato | ₹13 | ₹17 |
| French beans | ₹45 | ₹55 |
| Bottle gourd | ₹6 | ₹15 |
| Cauliflower | ₹19 | ₹25 |
| Cucumber | ₹16 | ₹35 |
| Onion | ₹35 | ₹40 |
| Ridge gourd | ₹25 | ₹40 |
| Drumstick | ₹35 | ₹45 |
| Ladies finger (bhindi) | ₹20 | ₹48 |
| Raw banana | ₹25 | ₹10 |
| Snake gourd | ₹15 | ₹18 |
| Colocasia (arbi) | ₹20 | ₹28 |
| Green peas | ₹40 | ₹55 |