till about a few weeks ago the air waves and newspaper space were dedicated to the skyhigh prices of vegetables like onions and potatoes however the economic survey 201920 released today stated that affordability of vegetarian thalis improved 29 per cent from 200607 to 201920 and that of nonvegetarian thalis by 18 per centthe survey noted that an average household of five individuals that eats two vegetarian thalis a day gained around rs 10887 on average per year while a nonvegetarian household gained rs 11787 on average per year the reason for fall in priceswhat was the reason for the fall in thali prices according to the survey across india and also the 4 regions north south east and west it is found that the absolute prices of a vegetarian thali have decreased significantly since 201516 though the price has increased in 2019 this is owing to the sharp downward trend in the prices of vegetables and dal in contrast to the previous trend of increasing prices methodology of thalinomicsthe conclusion has been drawn on the basis of thalinomics the economics of a plate of food in india an attempt to quantify what a common person pays for a thali across india the survey stated using the dietary guidelines for indians the price of thalis are constructed price data from the consumer price index for industrial workers for around 80 centers in 25 states and union territories from april 2006 to october 2019 were used the survey states that 201516 can be considered as a year when there was a shift in the dynamics of thali prices many reform measures were introduced since 201415 to enhance the productivity of the agricultural sector as well as efficiency and effectiveness of agricultural markets for better and more transparent price discovery