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Govt committed to onion procurement amid rising prices: Farmers and consum
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The central government will continue procuring onions from farmers, and its intervention in both retail and wholesale will persist, according to Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh.
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CM Eknath Shinde welcomes Centre procuring additional 2 lakh tonne onion f
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
"I thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and Piyush Goyal as we requested them to take steps to give relief to onion cultivators," Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said.
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Additional 2 lakh tonne onion procurement from farmers starts in Maharasht
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The procurement of additional 2 lakh tonne onion, which the central government recently decided to rein in prices, has started on Tuesday in key growing belts in Maharashtra, Union food minister Piyush Goyal said.
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Govt raises onion buffer stock target for 2023-24 to 3 lakh tonne
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The central government will maintain 3 lakh tonne onion in the 2023-24 season as buffer stock, Union food minister Piyush Goyal informed Parliament On Wednesday.
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Govt agency NAFED to begin procurement of onion in Gujarat as prices fall
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd, (NAFED) will start procurement of Kharif onion from Gujarat farmers to address the issue of falling prices in the state.
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Buffer stock of onions in 2022-23 breaks past records
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Beating past records, the Central government has procured 2.50 lakh tonnes of onion as a buffer for the 2022-23 season. The buffer size of onions for the current year is 0.50 lakh tons higher than the 2.0 lakh tons procured during 2021-22.
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Govt has imported 18,000 tons onion, making it available at Rs 22/kg for s
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday said that the union government has procured 18,000 tons of onion and is making them available to the state governments at Rs 22/kg.
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