Onion
Government cuts onion stockholding by 50% to check hoarding
Wed, Dec 04, 2019
The order has come into force with immediate effect. But the new rule will not apply to importers, it was decided at a meeting, chaired by Secretary in the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs Avinash Kumar Srivastava.
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11,000 tonnes of onions to reach India from Turkey
Mon, Dec 02, 2019
The MMTC had earlier signed an import deal for 6,900 tonnes from Egypt, and this consignment is expected to reach here in the next 10 days, and help to moderate prices once it is in the market. According to market sources, the retain price of onion in Delhi-NCR on Sunday was Rs 80-120 per kg.
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Modi government set to turn around onion prices; this is the big plan
Wed, Nov 06, 2019
The Consumer Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday that the PM Narendra Modi led government will act as a facilitator for onion imports to ease the process and ensure a quick and healthy supply from other countries and thereby depress prices further.
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Centre assures immediate and ample onion supply to states
Fri, Sep 27, 2019
To augment supplies to the markets, a team of two joint secretary level officers has also been sent to Maharashtra to talk to the farmers, traders and transporters to assess onion availability and to persuade them to bring more onions to the market, said Paswan.
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Nashik farmer's onions were of low quality, blackish: Report
Fri, Dec 14, 2018
A report submitted to the Maharashtra government by the district deputy registrar office on the Nashik farmer, who had sent his onion sale earnings to the Prime Minister's Office, has said that his onions were of "medium to low quality" and "blackish" in colour.
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