New Delhi [India], Sept 24 (ANI): Amid reports of onion prices touching Rs 60 per kg in several parts of the country, Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday said the Centre is ready to provide buffer stock of onion to the states to check price rise.
New Delhi [India], Sept 24 (ANI): The National Cooperative Consumers' Federation (NCCF) on Tuesday started selling onions at Rs 22 per kilogram on behalf of the Central government.
Patna (Bihar) [India], Sept 24 (ANI): Amidst the reports of soaring onion prices across the country, a case of onion theft worth more than Rs 8 lakh from a dealer's godown has surfaced from Bihar.
New Delhi [India], Sept 23 (ANI): With onion prices still ruling high in the national capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said the state government will soon supply onions at Rs 24 per kilogram across the city via mobile vans.
New Delhi [India], Sept 20 (ANI): The retail price of onion shot up to Rs 70 per kilogram in the capital on Friday due to a reduced supply of the crop owing to incessant rains and floods in many parts of the country.
New Delhi, Sept 13 (ANI) With prices of onions seeing a surge for the past few weeks, the government on Friday imposed a minimum export price of US $ 85 per metric ton.
New Delhi [India], Sept 4 (ANI): Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan exhorted state governments to buy pulses and onions from the Central buffer to check price rise and to ease pressure on prices.
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 27 (ANI): Prices of onion and tomato have doubled to Rs 30 per kg in parts of Uttar Pradesh due to a shortage in supply caused by heavy rains and floods in some parts of the country.
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], Aug 25 (ANI): Onion prices have doubled to Rs 30 per kg in parts of Karnataka due to a shortage in supply caused by heavy rains and floods in North Karnataka and adjacent parts of Maharashtra, according to traders.
Nashik (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 23 (ANI): Vegetable prices have shot up this month in Nashik as the supply was disrupted due to floods in major cultivating regions on Friday.
New Delhi (India), June 21 (ANI): The centre has informed that a buffer of around 44,205 MT of onions has been built through procurement from the crop of Rabi in 2019 as against a buffer of 13,508 MT built in 2018-19.