Page 5 - Onion Prices

Despite kharif loss, Centre pegs 7% rise in 2019-20 onion output

Overall vegetable production estimated higher than last year at 188 mt; that of fruit, spices could be a little less

Onion prices, the slayer of many governments, fail to haunt Kejriwal party

Delhi is goinmg to polls again on February 8, this time too the onion price has been over Rs 100 since October 2019 and it was even sold at around Rs 200 per kg

Govt considering lifting ban on onion exports as prices soften in markets

Onion prices have come down to around Rs 60-70 per kg depending upon quality and locality from the peak of Rs 160 per kg last month

As states refrain from buying onion, Centre fears stock may rot soon

While the Centre alone can import onions, it depends on states for retailing them to consumers.

Onion continues burning pockets at Rs 150 per kg, imported supplies arrive

In metros, retail price of onion was ruling at Rs 120 /kg Kolkata, at Rs 102/kg in Delhi and Mumbai and at Rs 80/kg in Chennai, as per the data maintained by the consumer affairs ministry

Zooming onion rates to pricey bananas: Advertisers bask in moment-ary glory

When onion prices were hovering around Rs 150 a kg and FM Nirmala Sitharaman was being pilloried for her comments on the kitchen staple, food-delivery platforms put out clever one liners

How India's onion crunch is hampering bilateral ties with neighbours, Gulf

Nepalese bhattis (as their dhabas are called) now have a specially curated 'Modi menu' that has (mostly) onion-free vegetables

With fresh supplies on the way, the great onion crisis might come to an end

A new onion crop should help ease what has been a catastrophic year for the vegetable in the world's second-most populous nation

To control prices, MMTC to import additional 12,500 tn onion from Turkey

The latest contract of onions will begin arriving in India from mid-January onwards

Rising onion prices taken up prominently in RBI MPC meeting, minutes show

The six-member MPC, headed by Das, had kept the repo rate unchanged on December 5 despite moderation in economic growth and easing inflation

Onion wholesale prices at season's highest as farmers delay harvest

In retail, onion is selling at Rs 120-140 a kg across the country. The wholesale price jump will reflect in the retail price in a week

Not only onions, other veggies selling at 50% higher rates than last winter

Onion prices are ruling high in the range of Rs 70-90/kg, potato at Rs 22/kg, tomato at Rs 18/kg

Dine-outs to get costlier? Onion prices may force restaurants to hike rates

AHAR is an apex body which has over 8,000 members of big and small scale restaurants in Mumbai

Govt further extends relaxed fumigation norms on imported onions till Jan

Onion prices have risen by 81 per cent in the last one month and are ruling above the Rs 100 per kg mark for the second week in a row

Centre to import additional 12,660 metric tonnes of onions by Dec 27

With this, the total quantity of imports that have been contracted so far reached approximately 30,000 tonnes

Onion prices hit two-year highs on reduced supply

Unseasonal rainfalls in October damage crop in Karnataka and Maharashtra, delay new season harvests

Onion shortage: Prices may halve in two weeks on increased new arrivals

Prices in Lasalgaon mandi down to Rs 41/kg from Rs 71/kg last Saturday

Onion prices come down in Tamil Nadu after 30 tonnes import from Egypt

The import has brought down prices to Rs 100 per kg at the Tiruchi wholesale market, which caters to five districts around it

Delayed sowing, decrease in crop area behind onion price spike, says Centre

Danve said: "During 2019-20, there was a 3-4 weeks delay in sowing as well as the decline in sown area of the Kharif onion because of the late arrival of monsoon."

Onion prices could hold the key to RBI's next monetary policy move

The brokerage said if the RBI is not comfortable with a negative real repo rate, which is the repo rate minus the headline inflation, the next rate cut will be in April