A few months ago onions literally made people cry, by burning a hole in their pockets with their skyrocketing rates. However, onions have now brought a reason to cheer, as their prices in the wholesale APMC market in Vashi have come down drastically, owing to a bumper kharif crop.

Abundant supply — seen here at APMC — and poor demand have further reduced the price of onions in the wholesale market, but in the retail market the scenario is different. Pic/Ankoor Anvekar