Tag: onion
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Know one’s onions
The ground realities need to be examined in the context of onion prices. Is onion production in India terribly low? No, not below the demand, although it may be less than the need. Business enterprises, the governments which think business is not their business and their supporting economists are worried only about the demand, not the need.
January 29, 2020 -
‘12,000 tonnes of onion imported, being offered to states at Rs 49-58 per kg’: Ram Vilas Paswan
He also told that by the end of this month, an additional 36,000 tonne of imported onion is expected to arrive in India which will help ease pressure on prices.
January 7, 2020 -
Onion prices continue to soar in some city markets
The best variety even touched rupees 140 a kilo in some retail markets of Kidderpore, Jadubabu Bazar, Lansdown and Gariahat today, while the price at Lake Market was found to be Rs 80 per kg.
January 5, 2020 -
Onion tears
While the Union finance minister has said that she does not eat much onion, the chief minister of this state has spied a sinister hand in the dearth of tasty tear jerker.
December 9, 2019 -
Onions in Delhi expected to witness dip in price after arrivals from overseas
The price of onion has been on high crossing Rs 100 mark, triggering widespread protests in the country.
December 9, 2019 -
Chicken sale slumps by 40 percent as onion price goes through the roof
Many shopkeepers were found beating their heads at the unexpected turn of situation with the usual customers ignoring these shops which once remained flooded with customers at this free time when all restrictions over non-veg foods are now over after the end of two holy Hindu months of Ashwin and Kartik.
December 5, 2019 -
‘I don’t eat much onion,’ says Finance Minister on rising prices of vegetable
Prices of onion in many places have crossed Rs 100 per kg because of less production.
December 5, 2019 -
Onion politics takes innovative turn in Bihar
Carrying a sackful of onion on his head, the Jan Aadhikar Party (JAP) chief has been selling onions to the poor at a subsidized rate.
December 4, 2019 -
Another onion consignment to reach India from Turkey to boost supply
This is the second import order placed by the MMTC and the public sector firm is already importing 6,090 tonnes from Egypt.
December 2, 2019 -
Onion still bringing tears to Bengal families
With the price per kg of onions in the city markets touching the century mark, it has burnt holes in the pockets of the middle-class, who have not only cut down on the consumption of the vegetable, but are also looking for alternatives.
November 28, 2019 -
Delhi Congress holds massive protest against Delhi, Central governments over onion price
There was a scuffle between Chopra led Congress workers and the Delhi Police as they tried to break past the police barricades to march towards the Delhi Secretariat.
November 7, 2019 -
Opposition slams Kejriwal govt for the onion price hike in Delhi
The price of onion is hitting Rs 100 per kg in the national capital.
November 7, 2019 -
Onion, Tomato prices continue to surge at Rs 60-70 per kg in national capital
The price rise in these two perishable vegetables was due to supply disruption in the wake of heavy rains and floods in the main growing states like Maharasthra and Karnataka.
October 31, 2019 -
Onion woes
But in doing so, she touched a familiar chord in the hearts of the citizens of this nation with whom the relations of her country despite the ban on onion export are on an even keel till date.
October 21, 2019 -
Delhi: Tomato price also reaches Rs 80/kg after onion
However, the price of onions has come down marginally compared to past week and is now hovering around Rs 60 per kg in the national capital.
October 9, 2019 -
Floor price for onion exports reduced by USD 150 a tonne
The government has reduced the minimum export price (MEP) of onion by USD 150 per tonne with prices of the kitchen staple moderating. The MEP for onion, the floor price below which exports are not allowed, has been reduced to USD 700 per tonne from USD 850 fixed in November, as per the commerce ministry. …
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January 21, 2018 -
Potato, onion farmers getting half of what they earned in 2013: Report
Notwithstanding Modi government’s claim of doubling farmers’ income, onion and potato producers are not even getting what they were getting five years ago. In fact they are getting almost half of what was the wholesale price of 2013 in Delhi Subzi Mandis—reveal an Agriculture Ministry report released recently on the production of onion and …
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January 12, 2018