Tag: onion prices
Govt’s onion buffer stock quality ‘good’, storage with CWC aids shelf life: Consumer affairs secy Nidhi Khare
New Delhi: The quality of the Centre’s onion buffer stock is “good”, Consumer Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare said on Friday, asserting that for the first…
In Graphics: Kitchen basket inflation is back
One-third of all commodities for which the Department of Consumer Affairs compiles daily retail prices at markets across the country have seen an inflation of…
Onion prices likely to stay firm till November despite Centre’s Rs 35/kg push
Pune: Onion prices are likely to remain firm till November despite the Centre selling it at ₹35/kg in Delhi from Thursday onwards and prices falling…
Centre starts onion sale in capital at Rs 35/kg, 44% below market price
The Centre on Thursday began retail sale of onions from its buffer stock in the national capital at Rs 35 per kg, offering consumers a…
Onion prices jump to Rs 27/kg at Lasalgaon amid delayed kharif crop arrival from South India
Pune: Wholesale onion prices at the benchmark Lasalgaon Mandi have surged 25% in the past week, even as the government is preparing to sell buffer…
Exporters urge govt not to impose curbs on onions
Pune: Onion exporters have urged the Centre to hold back on plans to impose any curbs on overseas shipments after wholesale prices surged at Maharashtra’s…
Unseasonal rain may dent wheat output, quality
Pune: Unseasonal rain and hailstorms in parts of India in the past week may reduce wheat output by 3-4% and hurt grain quality while also…
Vegetable prices crash up to 80% since January, deepening farm distress
Pune|Kolkata: Vegetable prices have plunged since January, worsening farm distress even as consumers get relief. Potatoes are down 40%, onions 50% and tomatoes up to…
How Bangladesh is bringing onion exporters to tears
India’s stagnating onion exports, while baffling government officials, may owe its recent lacklustre performance, despite rock-bottom local farmgate prices, to Bangladesh’s attempts at self-reliance and…
‘Better to destroy than sell’: Onion tears flood Maharashtra, farmers’ hopes dashed
When Sudam Ingle, a farmer from Purandar in Maharashtra, took his onions to the local market last week, he returned home with just Rs 664…