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- Egg prices in Bengaluru have risen to around ₹8–8.50 per egg in retail, up from ₹6.50–₹7 a month ago.
- The report attributes the rise to the West Asia crisis, which raised fuel and transport costs and disrupted exports to Iran, along with drought-driven feed price increases and reduced poultry flocks after prices fell in March and April.
- The increase is straining government schools and anganwadis, which receive only ₹6 per egg for nutrition programs while retail prices are higher, forcing some staff to pay from their own pockets.
- The NECC expects prices to ease by October and November if conditions improve.
What to watch next
- Whether the government approves the proposal to revise the ₹6 per egg unit cost for school and anganwadi nutrition programs
- Whether egg prices fall by October and November as the NECC expects
- Whether drought and the West Asia crisis continue to push feed and transport costs higher
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Named India · Bengaluru · Department of School Education and Literacy · Karnataka · Ranjitha · Dhananjaya · Iran · National Egg Coordination Committee · Prakash G.T. Nittali · T. Venkateswaralu · West Asia
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