Onion Price Rise

Onion prices touch Rs 150 per kg in Hyderabad; citizens demand government reduce rates amid price hike

Poor and middle-class people in Hyderabad city are having a tough time managing their kitchen supplies as the onion prices have touched Rs 150 kg in the city

‘Does she eat avocado?’: P Chidambaram takes jab at Nirmala Sitharaman's remarks in Parliament that she doesn't eat onions, garlic

'I thought the finance minister said yesterday she does not eat onions, she is not bothered...What does she eat?' Chidambaram told media

Onion crisis: MMTC places yet another import order of 4,000 tonne kitchen staple from Turkey; govt to issue three more tenders

MMTC is importing onions on the behalf of the government, which is trying to check prices of the onion by improving domestic supplies through various modes, including imports.

Onions sell at record price of Rs 130 per kg in wholesale market in Lasalgaon; rates to go up even further, caution traders

Lasalgaon, the country’s largest wholesale market for onions in Maharashtra, is witnessing a dip in supply of onions

Onion prices at Rs 100 per kg: Govt should explore Israel, Brazil models for storage, says FICCI

India, which is currently witnessing a spike in retail onion price up to Rs 100/kg on tight supply, should explore low-cost modern technology models from countries like Israel and Brazil for storing the commodity, industry body FICCI said on Friday

Onion prices reaches Rs 100-mark, wholesale rates hit 4-year high as heavy rain affects production

Prices in Nashik’s Lasalgaon market — Asia’s largest wholesale onion market — touched Rs 5,500 per quintal on Monday

CCTVs, ID cards, finger marking: Costly onions get Z-plus security at markets

At farmer markets in Hyderabad, people have to wait in long queues with identity cards with tight security and CCTV surveillance for getting their onion transactions done.

Pawar blames unseasonal rains for onion price spike

The Union minister admitted that some unscrupulous traders made profit due to the crisis but denied his party NCP having any links to cartelisation.

Wholesale onion prices fall to Rs 4.70/kg, lowest in FY14

Wholesale onion prices at Nashik dropped to Rs 4.70 a kg today, the lowest level so far in this financial year, as supplies continued to rise and exports were expected to decline

Minimum export price of onions halved to encourage overseas shipments

The government today more than halved the minimum export price of onions to USD 150 a tonne to encourage overseas shipments amid a crash in local wholesale prices and protests by farmers.