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Tears in your eyes: Onion buffer stock way below the govt's FY25 target

Due to trader hoarding and farmers' reluctance to sell their stock, the government has only achieved less than 10 per cent of its 500,000-tonne onion buffer stock target

Tears in your eyes: Onion buffer stock way below the govt's FY25 target
Updated On : 18 Jun 2024 | 10:00 AM IST

MMTC floats tenders for import of 4,000 tonnes of onion to check price rise

Last week, Paswan had attributed the sharp rise in onion prices to 30-40 per cent fall in domestic production

MMTC floats tenders for import of 4,000 tonnes of onion to check price rise
Updated On : 11 Nov 2019 | 10:00 PM IST

Surge in onion prices due to floods, relief likely by Nov-end: Paswan

Earlier today, the Union Minister held a meeting with Consumer Affairs Secretary AK Srivastava and Food Secretary Ravikant over the rising onion prices and the onion import issue.

Surge in onion prices due to floods, relief likely by Nov-end: Paswan
Updated On : 06 Nov 2019 | 9:07 PM IST

Price support scheme: Nafed to buy 25,000 tonne onion from Nashik next week

Government has also directed cooperative NCCF and government agency SFAC to procure 5,000 tonne and 1,000 tonne of onions

Price support scheme: Nafed to buy 25,000 tonne onion from Nashik next week
Updated On : 12 Apr 2018 | 11:36 PM IST