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After tomatoes make Indians see red, are onions set to make them cry?

Food inflation is hitting Indians hard. First, it was tomatoes and soon it could be onions. The price for the key kitchen staple is expected to hit Rs 60–70 per kilo in September due to lower sowing during the kharif season and storage-related problems

Explained: Why onions are making the Philippines cry

The price of onions, a staple in Filipino cuisine, touched 700 pesos (Rs 1047 approximately) per kg last month. Inflation, smuggling, price gouging and shortage of the vegetable are some of the reasons that possibly triggered the skyrocketing prices

Farmers facing financial difficulties, buy two lakh metric tonnes of onion: Eknath Shinde to Piyush Goyal

Onion is the main cash crop in Maharashtra and it accounts for 35 to 40 per cent of the country's total production of the staple vegetable

Did you know onions are beneficial for your health? Here's why

A particularly valuable flavonoid in onions is quercetin, which acts like an antioxidant that may be linked to preventing cancer. Onions are cultivated and consumed all around the world. Usually served cooked, onions may be eaten raw and are used in pickles and chutneys.

Chennai Onion prices rise to Rs 73 per kg, costliest among metros, as rain affects supply

As per Union Consumer Affairs Ministry data, onion prices ruled at Rs 51 per kg in Delhi, at Rs 65 per kg in Kolkata and at Rs 67 per kg in Mumbai on Tuesday

Coronavirus Outbreak: Prices of pulses touch three digits in Mumbai and Delhi; potato, onion and cooking oil rates go north across India

In the southern states, the price of Urad dal has gone up by more than Rs 20 per kilogram after the lockdown.

Govt to allow onion export from 15 March as kitchen staple's price stabilises; decision to boost farmers' income: Piyush Goyal

The government last week decided to lift nearly six-month-old ban on onion export as prices are likely to fall sharply due to bumper rabi crop.

Onion crisis: Govt allows exports of Krishnapuram variety of kitchen staple with certain conditions

Krishnapuram onions are not used in kitchen due to their size and pungency. The onions are imported by Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Singapore.

Central govt plans to sell imported onions at Rs 22-23 per kg to avoid rotting at ports

The Centre may soon offload imported onions at a highly subsidised rate of Rs 22-23/kg, down around 60 percent from the current offered rate, as it apprehends rotting of the perishable kitchen item at ports, sources said on Thursday

Govt pegs 7% rise in onion output to 24.45 million tonnes this year; sees production fall in major fruits

The government on Monday projected the country's overall onion production to increase by seven per cent to 24.45 million tonnes in the current 2019-20 crop year, which may bring relief to consumers from high prices seen in the last few months