Page 2 - Onions

Onion shortage: Prices may halve in two weeks on increased new arrivals

Prices in Lasalgaon mandi down to Rs 41/kg from Rs 71/kg last Saturday

Centre halves onion stock holding limit for retailers as price keeps rising

India exported $102 million worth of dehydrated onions in 2018-19

Onion price hike: Govt cuts stock holding limit for retailers, wholesalers

Onion prices have been ruling high for the past few weeks even as various measures have been initiated to increase supply of the key kitchen staple

Onions for Rs 100 a kg: Consumers pay price as govt fails to get supplies

Onion prices have been rising for three months after crops were first affected by delayed monsoon and later excessive and prolonged rains in Maharashtra and Karnataka

With onions at Rs 80/kg, restaurants passing on cost burden to customers

According to retail vegetable vendors, onions are being sold in the range of Rs 70-80 per kg in the national capital and suburbs

RJD MLA wears garland of onions to protest price rise, calls for action

Raja Pakar (Vaishali) MLA Shiv Chandra Ram raised slogans and attacked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his "empty promises"

Onion shortage: FY20 kharif, late-kharif output to fall 26%, says Paswan

The rains during September-October hit transportation of crop from these producing regions to consuming centres, he said

Onion prices may have peaked at Rs 100 a kg; expect a correction from here

With 3,000 tonnes of imported onion entering the market over the next fortnight, the price should start cooling off. Soon after, the new crop of onions will arrive, further reducing prices

Delhi govt demands more onions from Centre; doorstep sale to resume soon

Delhi Food and Civil Supplies Minister Imran Hussain on Wednesday held a meeting with his department officers to review the issue of 'sudden and unexplained' rise in onion prices

Onion prices rise 45% to Rs 80 per kg in Delhi-NCR in just one week

Onion prices are ruling high for more than a month in Delhi-NCR due to supply disruption following heavy rains in growing states like Maharashtra

Onion set to bring tears to consumer as retail price nears Rs 100 a kg

Vegetables surges by 10% to trade at Rs 55.5 a kg in Lasalgaon mandi. It is being sold for Rs 70-80 in retail across the country

Inter-ministerial panel reviews prices, availability of onions, tomatoes

The meeting was informed that there have been some disruptions in the supplies because of Diwali holidays and rains in some of the growing areas affecting harvesting

The onion enigma

Unfortunately, both the perception and prescriptions offered are shrouded in myths, which need to be deconstructed to know one's onions

Scarcity, fruitless govt measures to keep onion prices high for a while

The vegetable is currently trading at a three-year high of Rs 40 a kg at the largest Onion mandi in Lasalgaon, Maharashtra

Traders fear ban on exports as onion price jumps to four-year high

Last week's measures to curb prices, such as the levy of MEP and permission for duty-free import failed to curb the price rise

Onion prices rise by up to 76% on reduced supply from flood-hit states

Government vigilant, considering MEP to control exports

Rs 1,500-mn onion relief package to benefit 300,000 farmers in Maharashtra

The realisation on the sale of onion is about Rs 2 a kg, which is way below the cost of production of Rs 5

Onion prices crash 40% on bumper production

Prices likely to remain low, as fresh arrivals of the crop continue till May 2017

Centre may buy more onions to protect farmers

The Centre, along with the state governments, is planning to intervene in the market to purchase onions directly from farmers in Maharashtra and other places where prices have slumped sharply in the last few days due to bumper harvest.Officials said a decision to this effect was taken a high-level meeting attended by Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan and a host of top politicians from Maharashtra, including former agriculture minister Sharad Pawar.After the meeting, it was decided that agriculture ministry would prepare a blueprint for purchasing onions directly from farmers and the expenditure on damages would be shared equally between the Centre and state governments.The food ministry had purchased 15,000 tonnes of onions directly from farmers out of a target of 20,000 and is wary of buying more as there are no takers for the purchased crop. Onion prices in the wholesale markets of Nashik, Nagpur and Pune along w

Over 15% onions procured by MP govt already perished

The onions procured from farmers have rotten on account of the rains and resultant humidity