-The Hindu Onion producers, however, have called an agitation, with one farmers’ group threatening a strike if the export ban is not lifted. Onion prices in Delhi have dropped below the Rs.60 a kg mark in the retail market for the first time in two weeks, as the Central government’s measures, imposing stock limits and banning exports, took effect, cooling off the prices in most parts of the country. Onion producers, however, have...
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Onion prices coming down says govt; farmers in agitation mode
-The Hindu Business Line New Delhi: Even as Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan claimed on Thursday that Onion prices have started cooling down in both retail and wholesale markets, Shetkari Sanghatana, an apex farmers’ body in Maharashtra, announced that all onion markets would be indefinitely closed from October 7 if the Centre failed to revoke its decision to ban onion exports and imposition of stock limits on traders. Retail Onion prices, which...
More »Onion export ban: Farmer bodies in Maharashtra threaten to disrupt APMCs
-The Hindu Business Line Farmers’ organisations have threatened to disrupt the functioning of Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMC) in Maharashtra if the Centre sticks to its stand of prohibiting onion exports and imposing limits on stocks. Farmers in the onion hub of Nashik said that they would agitate against the government’s decision as farmers are facing the brunt. With Onion prices rising, the government had on Sunday prohibited exports until further notice and...
More »Govt bans onion exports with immediate effect as prices stay elevated -Dhirendra Tripathi
-Livemint.com * The retail prices of onions spiked to Rs.70- Rs.80 earlier this week * Floods in key onion-producing states of Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and others have hurt supplies New Delhi: The government has banned export of onions with immediate effect to check spiraling prices which touched Rs.70- Rs.80 per kg in the open market. The ban covers all varieties of onions. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Commerce...
More »Rs 80 per kg and climbing: Onion prices may not come down anytime soon, here's why! -Sindhu Chandrasekaran
-The New Indian Express Maharashtra, MP, Karnataka and AP are major producers of onions in India. These states were severely hit by the monsoon this year, which destroyed their farm produce. The prices of basic commodities like fuel and onions are skyrocketing just as the festive season is around the corner. While fuel prices hit a yearly high on the back of the ongoing tensions in the Middle East and the US-China...
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