# Rice, lentils turn dearer as Dashain fever grips Nepal - OnlineKhabar English News

> Retailers in Nepal raised rice prices by Rs 100 per 20-30 kg sack and red lentils by Rs 10 per kilogram ahead of the Dashain festival. Traders cited recent Terai floods that destroyed paddy and a rise in Indian rice prices.

- Date: 2017-09-13 · published 2017-09-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Nepal · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69024-rice-lentils-turn-dearer-as-dashain-fever-grips-nepal-onlinekhabar-english-news
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Flood damage to paddy in Nepal and firmer Indian rice prices point to tighter regional supply and firmer rice prices in South Asia. The impact on global feed rice is limited.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bullish ▲

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## Sources

- english.onlinekhabar.com: https://english.onlinekhabar.com/rice-lentils-turn-dearer-as-dashain-fever-grips-nepal.html

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