Lower production could spike vegetables prices in coming monthsThe area under planting has also come down for onions by 10 per cent to 1.19 million hectare over the previous year.
Bumper onion output may turn a political hot potatoOur leader Sharad Pawar has been working on reducing and removing the minimum export price on onion,” said Jayant Jadhav, NCP’s MLC.
Exports fail to lift onion prices; increased arrivals keep market rates lowExport of onions may be robust, but that's no relief for farmers are domestic prices are sliding. Wholesale prices crashed to 5.50/kg in Pu...
Onion exports have increased after reduction in the MEP to $150 a tonneThe wholesale onion prices in Maharashtra are between Rs 8 a kg to Rs 10 while the retail prices are in the range of Rs 20 a kg to Rs 25.
Onion minimum export price cut to $800 per tonne to wipe farmers’ tearsThe government reduced the MEP of onion to $800 a tonne from $1,150 a tonne with the prices easing following large supplies from kharif cro...
Onions from Afghanistan, Egypt may bring down prices by 20 per centMore than 350 tonne of onions have arrived through Pakistan’s Wagah border to Attari in Punjab said an official at the Attari Post.
Onion price in Delhi soars to Rs 40 per kgOnion prices have increased to Rs 40 per kg in the retail market of the national capital due to two-and-half year high rates in the Maharas...
- Wholesale onion prices now crash below Rs 5/kg
Farmers have been protesting in various onion-growing regions of Maharashtra since last week demanding the restart of exports.
- Onion prices dip in Pakistan; export ban may be lifted
Onion prices have begun to ease in Pakistan raising hopes that the country will soon lift the ban on overland exports of the vegetable to I...
- Onion prices starting to fall
Export ban, import from Pakistan & Nafed’s intervention are helping to reduce prices.
- Central govt may curb onion export as local prices zip
The minimum export price, or MEP, for onions for November is likely to be increased by $100-$150 per tonne with effect from November 16.
- Onions bring tears to farmers
Onion prices, which had shot up sharply a few months back, have now tumbled on mounting arrivals and subdued export demand, and are expecte...
- Govt may ease onion export curbs as prices dip
Govt has instructed different agencies to take co-ordinated market intervention to ensure that the prices are kept below Rs 18 per kg.