The Centre on Sunday said that the Department of Consumer Affairs is monitoring Onion exports and prices on a daily basis to ensure stable domestic prices and availability to consumers
The measure has been taken to maintain sufficient availability of onion to domestic consumers at affordable prices as the quantity of stored rabi 2023 onion is declining by curbing the number of onion exports.
In August, the government imposed a 40 per cent duty on the export of onions to check price rise and improve supplies in the domestic market till December 31, 2023.
Fumed over Centre's decision to impose an export duty of 40 per cent on onions till December 31 farmers at Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) of Lasalgaon in Nashik continued to protest on the third day and onions auctions remain halted.
Recently, the Central government imposed a 40 per cent export duty on the kitchen staple which prompted onion farmers in the state to stage a protest in Maharashtra’s Nashik district on Monday.
The government on Saturday imposed a 40 per cent duty on the export of onions to check price rise and improve supplies in the domestic market till December 31, 2023.
Onions worth USD 523.8 million were exported during April-December 2022, a 16.3 per cent increase on a yearly basis, and there is no ban on its export from India, the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry said.
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): The central government on Monday removed prohibition for the export of all varieties of onions with effect from January 1, 2021.
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut has given a zero hour notice in the Rajya Sabha, over the farmers' agitations in Maharashtra and elsewhere over the ban on the export of onion.