Mon, Dec 11, 2023
The Centre will continue to procure onion produce from the farmers till it reaches its goal of bringing down the prices to desired levels, the Consumer Affairs Secretary said.
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Mon, Oct 30, 2023
Vegetable markets across the nation have witnessed a sudden skyrocket jump in onion prices touching roughly Rs 60-70 per Kg. Meanwhile, the Government has taken measures to maintain sufficient availability of onion to consumers at affordable prices. In view of this, the Union Government on October 28 notified the Minimum Export Price (MEP) of USD 800 per Metric Ton (MT) on a FOB basis for the export of onions with effect from October 29 to December 31, 2023.
Onion prices continued to remain at elevated levels in the national capital on Monday.
Sat, Sep 30, 2023
In August, the government imposed a 40 per cent duty on export of all varieties of onions to increase domestic availability and check price rise in the local market.
Sat, Aug 26, 2023
The National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India (NCCF) on Saturday said it has purchased 2,826 tonnes of onion at Rs 2,410 per quintal directly from farmers in the last four days mostly from Maharashtra as it resumed procurement of the bulb for a higher buffer stock.
Tue, Aug 22, 2023
The announcement of the start of procurement was made after a meeting between Union Minister Piyush Goyal and Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Dhananjay Munde in Delhi.
Mon, Aug 21, 2023
Traders are on strike in Lasalgaon, the biggest onion market, in protest against 40% export duty on onions. What is the effect of this strike? Know in this video
The government has taken several measures to control the rising prices of onion, including increasing the buffer stock, releasing it at a subsidised rate, and imposing an export duty. The National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India Limited (NCCF) has started selling onions at a subsidised rate of Rs 25 per kg in Delhi from today. The retail sales of onion will be suitably increased in the coming days by involving other agencies and e-commerce platforms.
Strike in Lasalgaon Mandi, work stalled in the biggest onion market
Sun, Aug 20, 2023
Around 10 mobile vans will be dispatched on Monday in the national capital and more areas will be covered gradually.
For the current 2023-24 fiscal, the target for onion buffer was kept at 3 lakh tonnes, which has already been procured. Currently, the same buffer stock is being disposed of in the targeted markets in select states to improve the local availability and check price rise.
Thu, Mar 09, 2023
Farmers are protesting as the falling prices of late kharif season onions is hurting their incomes so much so that they are not even able to recover their input costs. In this video we discuss the curious case of onion prices and why Indian farmers have tears in their eyes.
Wed, Mar 08, 2023
Meanwhile, the Gujarat government announced on Tuesday a Rs 330 crore support programme for onion and potato farmers who are having trouble selling their products because of a market surplus. For farmers who wanted to export their goods or were willing to sell them outside the state, also included a transportation subsidy.
Sun, Oct 17, 2021
Retail price of Onion in Delhi is Rs 44 kg, All India Retail price of Onion is Rs 37.06 kg.Onion prices being also stabilised through Buffer stock operations
Sun, Nov 01, 2020
Cooperative Nafed on Saturday invited bids from importers for supply of 15,000 tonnes of red onions by November 20 in order to boost the domestic availability and check price rise.
Fri, Oct 30, 2020
As onion, potatoes, dal and other essentials' prices have been rising in the recent period, Union Minister Piyush Goyal addressed the media today and revealed the steps that the central government was taking to ensure rates retreat. The minister also berated the Punjab government for leading farmers astray and hinted at other parties too lining up on the side of the dealers
Wed, Oct 28, 2020
The skyrocketing onion prices in the retail market are likely to ease as imported bulbs have put a break, at least temporarily, on the rise in wholesale prices in Kolkata, officials said on Wednesday.
Sun, Oct 25, 2020
The state government has decided to sell onions at Rs 35 per kilo at the government-run 'Rythu Bazaars' here in the wake of a sharp rise in the price of the edible bulb in the open market.
Sat, Oct 24, 2020
The Telangana government on Saturday decided to sell onions at Rs 35 per kilo at the government-run 'Rythu Bazaars' here in the wake of a sharp rise in the price of the edible bulb in the open market.
Fri, Oct 23, 2020
The reason for rising rates included massive exports as high as 15 lakh tonnes and this caused short in supply.
In view of the increasing prices of vegetables, the government will provide onions at cheaper rates to the states through NAFED.
Two persons have been arrested for stealing onions weighing around 550 kg from Mauje Devjali village, Pune Police said on Friday.
Wed, Oct 21, 2020
The retail price of onion has shown marked increase from end of August 2020, though the price level was below that of last year till October 18.
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