-The Hindu Business Line Why is it up despite a bumper crop? New Delhi: The Centre on Monday said it is closely monitoring the price and availability of Onions, as there is no reason for the price of the essential vegetable going up considering the bumper production this year. According to the third advance estimate of horticulture production, as much as 217.2 lakh tonnes of onion were produced in 2016-17, compared to the...
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Import talk halts onion price surge -Rahul Wadke and Vishwanath Kulkarni
-The Hindu Business Line Mumbai/ Bengaluru: As talk of onion imports gains ground, the price rally in the bulb in recent days seems to be ebbing. Wholesale prices of Onions across major markets in Maharashtra, such as Lasalgaon, Pimpalgaon and Niphad, have witnessed a decline in the last two days. In Pimpalgaon, where arrivals stood at 2,500 tonnes on Friday, the modal prices dropped by a fifth to Rs. 2,000 per quintal...
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-The Hindu Business Line Scale Rs. 2,300/quintal; reports of traders hoarding the bulbs Bengaluru/ Mumbai: Onion prices at Lasalgaon, the country’s largest wholesale market for the vegetable, surged on Thursday to touch a high of Rs. 2,300 per quintal on tight supplies. The modal prices have almost doubled over the past two days and more than quadrupled since early July, when prices hovered around Rs. 500. Prices across the country are expected to...
More »Wholesale onion price surges 118% in two weeks -Tushar Pawar
-The Times of India NASHIK: The average wholesale price of Onions has surged 118% over the past two weeks in Maharashtra, from Rs 571 per quintal on July 13 to Rs 1,250 on Thursday, an 18-month high. To stabilise the steady rise in the price of the kitchen staple, the Centre may increase its minimum export price (MEP). The Centre had withdrawn the $700/tonne MEP in December 2015 after a crash in wholesale...
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-The Indian Express The FPC movement in Maharashtra has seen much action over the last year or so. Working under the banner of MahaFPC, the FPCs had purchased more than 25,000 MT of tur last year. Pune: After their success in government procurement, the Farmer Producers Companies (FPCs) of Maharashtra are eyeing the wholesale markets in other states as avenues for their produce. In the first phase MahaFPC, the consortium of...
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