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Onion production pegged up 16.81% to 31.12 MT in 2022-23: Agri ministry

Spice production is also expected to fall to 10.81 million tonne from 11.11 million tonne recorded during the same period a year ago

Centre releases 111,000 tonnes of buffer onion so far to cool down prices

The buffer onion was released in major markets

Rain effect on relatively less area on tomato, onion crops: Govt data

When onion and tomato prices soared last week, one of the many reasons given was that rainfall in several states producing the two crops was responsible for it.

Truckers hit bylanes to maintain supplies; onion, potato prices stable

During this time of the year, potatoes and vegetables come from Punjab and Haryana

7,000 tonnes onion imported, 25,000 tonnes may arrive before Diwali: Goyal

In an effort to boost domestic supply and check price rise, Piyush Goyal said private traders have already imported 7,000 tonnes of onion and another 25,000 tonnes are expected to arrive before Diwali

Auctions at Asia's largest onion market halted after income tax raids

Trading will not be conducted on Friday as well because it is ''Amavasya'' or no moon day, which is considered inauspicious

Govt likely to give partial clearance for stranded onion cargo at ports

DGFT is understood to have communicated to the Customs Department to give the go-ahead to cargo that have arrived at the port, but not to ones which are in transit

Export ban: Bangladesh-bound onion trucks stranded at many land borders in

The number of stranded Bangaldesh-bound trucks loaded with onions continued to rise at various land borders in West Bengal in the wake of the Centre's export ban of the commodity

Delhi: Sellers express disappointment over Centre's ban on export of onion

The vegetable sellers at Okhla Sabzi Mandi in Delhi expressed disappointment over the Centre's decision to ban the export of onions and said that it will affect its prices."It will bring a change in the price of onions in days to come. The rates will fall by at least Rs 2-3 per kg in a day or two," said an Onion seller while speaking to ANI.NCP President Sharad Pawar urged Centre to lift the ban on onion export. "I also brought to his notice that onions are in good demand internationally & we have been exporting onions consistently. But a sudden decision to this effect by the central government is a major blow to India's image as a reliable exporter of onions in the international market," he tweeted.The Directorate General of Foreign Trade stated in a notification dated September 14 that exports of all varieties of onions are prohibited with immediate effect, . "The provisions under the Transitional Agreement shall not be applicable under this notification," it said.The ban ...

Rs 1-trn fund, bee keeping: FM Sitharaman's 11 steps to help farmers

Government sets up Rs 1 trillion Agri-Infrastructure Fund, which will focus on short-term crop loan and investment in long-term agriculture infra

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

Onion shortage: Here's why farmers gained little from record price rise

Farmers across the country have suffered a double whammy this year - first, their crop from last season was spoilt by floods, and then onion yield also dropped due to moisture in fields

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

Know your onions: Buyers left teary eyed as prices surge to Rs 200 a kilo

Onion prices have been high for past few weeks due to fall in production of the Kharif crop following unseasonal rainfall in key growing states

Onion farmers harvest premature crop to cash in on high prices in mandis

The significance of the current arrivals can be gauged from the fact that the Lasalgaon mandi alone witnesses 22,000-25,000 tonnes of arrivals every day during the peak harvesting season

Best of BS Opinion: Sri Lanka & Sino-Indian rivalry, onion crisis, and more

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West Bengal to import 800 tonnes of onions from Egypt as prices soar

The state government placed the order at a landed cost of Rs 55/kg at Mumbai port with the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED), which has been tasked to distribute

Centre halves onion stock holding limit for retailers as price keeps rising

India exported $102 million worth of dehydrated onions in 2018-19

Wholesale price of onions reaches Rs 11,000 per quintal mark in Nashik

The previous highest wholesale auction price of onions was Rs 9,000 per quintal recorded at the Kalwan APMC last month

MMTC signs second onion import order, to buy 11,000 tonnes from Turkey

The company had placed an order for the first consignment of 6,090 tonnes of onion from Egypt