Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister of India Piyush Goyal met Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Dhananjay Munde in Delhi on August 22. The meeting was to discuss a strategy to control the soaring prices of onion. Union Minister Piyush Goyal informed that NCCF and NAFED will be soon purchasing onions from Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat and other areas where onions are grown so that farmers get the right price for their produce. “We all know that in the past few days, as per the orders by Government of India, NAFED and NCCF purchased 3 lakh tons of onion from Nashik, Lasalgaon, Ahmednagar and this region. 40 per cent export tax has been imposed on onion so that there is an adequate quantity of onion available in India. From 11 am today, NCCF and NAFED will begin the purchase of 2 lakh more tons of onion from Nashik, Pimpalgaon, Lasalgaon, Ahmednagar and the entire region. More purchases will be made in the future if needed. NCCF and NAFED will also purchase onions from Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat and other areas where onions are grown so that farmers get the right price for their produce. The price for purchase today has been decided to be Rs 2410 per quintal. No farmer needs to worry,” said Piyush Goyal.
22 August,2023 02:54 PM IST | Mumbai
Thousands of Maharashtra farmers march towards Mumbai with a list of demands. Visuals of the rally show the farmers meandering roads and different terrains while inching close to the Maximum City. The march started from Dindori in Nashik district, has been organised by the CPM and covered 200 kms to reach Mumbai. Organisers said that besides farmers, many workers in the unorganised sector, such as ASHA workers, and members of tribal communities have joined the march.
16 March,2023 11:17 PM IST | Mumbai
Nationalist Congress Party MLAs wearing garlands of onions staged a protest at the Maharashtra assembly this morning as the wholesale prices of onions witnessed a steep fall yesterday. The wholesale prices of onions, which had been on a constant decline in the state, fell from ₹ 4 to ₹ 2 per kg yesterday, angering the farmers.
28 February,2023 10:41 PM IST | Mumbai
The price of onions, a staple that has sparked protests in the past and toppled state governments, has jumped to its highest in nearly two years as heavy rains in recent past ruined onion crop leading to a shortage of supply.
24 July,2015 03:51 PM IST
The sharp rise in the price of onions has left buyers teary eyed in New Delhi and Jaipur. The essential cooking ingredient is being sold in metros at Rs 65-Rs 70 ($ 1- $ 1.07) a kilogram and the prices are expected to escalate further.
19 August,2015 07:37 PM IST
Indians are not likely to get any respite from skyrocketing prices of onion for at least a month, according to wholesalers.
21 August,2015 02:50 PM IST
Delhi's Food and Civil Supplies minister, Asim Ahmed Khan on Monday said that the hike in onion prices is being handled effectively by the state government.
24 August,2015 08:22 PM IST
As onion prices soar, a shop in Allahabad city drew customers by offering the expensive vegetable free with the purchase of sacred rakhi threads on the occasion of sibling festival or 'Raksha Bandhan'
29 August,2015 02:06 PM IST
Members of a local organisation in Jammu and Kashmir, Dogra Front took their protests to the streets against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government's failure to control the spiraling prices of onion.
01 September,2015 10:59 AM IST
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday refuted allegations of onion scam and said that there were no irregularities in the sale of onions.
21 September,2015 09:15 AM ISTADVERTISEMENT
