El Niño conditions are now active in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, raising concerns for India's monsoon. Warmer Pacific waters disrupt weat...

The government has increased the onion procurement price to Rs 16.50 per kg. This move aims to boost farmers' income through the buffer sto...

The IMD has retained its forecast for a below-normal monsoon in 2026, with El Nino expected to dominate the June-September season and rainf...

The government is closely monitoring the prices of essential food commodities. At present, prices have remained stable and largely range-bo...

Home-cooked vegetarian and non-vegetarian thali costs rose 2% year-on-year in April, primarily due to increased prices of tomatoes, vegetab...

The government's plan to create buffer stock comes amid an estimated fall in onion output in 2023-24. "Production of onion in 2023-24 is ex...

Last week, the government banned onion exports till March next year after retail price crossed Rs 80 in several markets to put a lid on the...

Decline in acreage and lack of improvement in crop yields is likely to result in 13 per cent fall in onion output for the kharif season 202...

Besides onion, production of potato -- another important kitchen staple -- is estimated to rise to 51.94 million tonne this year from 50.19...

The validity of the order that empowers states to impose stock limits on traders for holding onion and ban hoarding beyond the fixed thresh...

Wholesale prices fell by up to 42 per cent to Rs 7.40 per kg at Lasalgoan (Maharasthra), Asia's biggest onion market, during last month fro...

In value, the exports increased to Rs 2,362 crore from Rs 1,771 crore in the year-ago period on the back of higher sales realisation, the d...

Onion output had dropped to 189.2 lakh tonnes in 2014-15 crop year (July-June) due to poor rains. The previous record was 194 lakh tonnes i...

Onion production was 18.73 million tonnes in 2014-15 crop year (July-June). Kharif onion output contributes 20 per cent to the overall prod...

Overall output in the country will remain in line with the production target of 15.13 million tonnes for 2011-12, government research body ...

'We expect onion output to decline by 1.5 million tonnes to 10.5 million tonnes as there has been a significant crop loss of about 35% in t...

The country's onion output is likely to dip by over 12 per cent to 10.5 million tonnes in the 2010-11 crop year due to untimely and erratic...