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MMTC to import 2,000 tonnes onion to check prices: Ram Vilas PaswanHe said that his ministry has again written to the commerce ministry to reimpose export floor price of USD 700 per tonne on onion to discou...
More than 50% of onion procured by centre and state govt rots in warehousesThe average wholesale price of onion has tumbled to Rs 5.85 a kg at the Lasalgaon Agriculture Produce Market Committee in Maharashtra from ...
NAFED, SFAC to procure 40,000 tons pulses for Rs 350 croreIn view of higher dal prices in the retail market, the govt had decided to create a buffer stock so that it can intervene in the market in ...
Government moves proposal to procure pulsesWith an aim to check spiralling prices of pulses, the government has moved a proposal for procurement and creating buffer stock of lentils,...
Agriculture Ministry proposes pulses buffer stock of 3.5 lakh tonnes in 2015-161.5 lakh tonnes of tur and urad will be procured in the kharif season and the rest 2 lakh tonnes of chana and masoor will be bought in the ...
Government ask agencies to start procuring pulses at the earliestThe fund, which has a corpus of Rs 500 crore, was set up to support market interventions for price control of perishable agri-horticultural...
Centre to procure pulses directly from farmer starting NovemberWith dal prices ruling at above Rs 200 per kg in the retail markets, the Centre will start procuring 40,000 tonnes of pulses directly from ...
Government may provide direct subsidy to states to fight onion menaceThe Centre is exploring the option of giving direct subsidy to states from the price stabilisation fund to procure onions.
Government hikes onion minimum export price to $700/tonne to check pricesThe government is keeping a close watch on onion prices and has floated a tender for import of 10,000 tonnes of onions, which will be opene...
NAFED floats new tender to import of 10K tonnes onionCooperative NAFED has re-invited bids for import of 10,000 tonnes of onions after it failed to attract any supplier in the previous tender.
BJP playing politics on onion prices: AAPThe allegation came a day after the Delhi government announced it would sell onions at Rs 40 per kg at 280 fair price shops.
SFAC more than doubles onion supplies in Delhi to check priceTo prevent further spike in retail prices of onions, central agency SFAC has more than doubled the supply of the key kitchen staple to 250 ...
Onion prices in Delhi-NCR touch Rs 50/kg, government gets crackingTo keep the prices in check in coming days, government agencies SFAC and NAFED have swung into action and started selling onions via Safal ...
SFAC, NAFED start selling onions in Delhi-NCR to check pricesSFAC and NAFED have together procured 7,000-8,000 tonnes onions from Nasik, Maharashtra using the Price Stabalisation Fund (PSF).
Govt agencies SFAC and Nafed to sell Nashik onion in DelhiCentral government agencies SFAC and Nafed have decided to move their onion stocks from Nashik to Delhi as retail prices have almost treble...
Government agencies to procure onions to curb speculationThe National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (Nafed) too has started procurement of onions in Lasalgaon in Maharashtra.
Government to stock up on onion, potato to tame price riseOnion prices start rising from July and usually it reaches peak during September-October. Similarly, potato prices go up abnormally between...
Centre plans potato, onion buffer stock to check price riseSFAC will procure these two commodities to check price rise in the Delhi-NCR market and will later look at other major cities, the official...
Agriculture Ministry seeks import duty exemption on potato to boost supplyPotato prices have shown a rising trend and the commodity is being retailed at Rs 35-40 per kg in the National Capital, against 20-25 a kg ...
- Centre allows SFAC to procure pulses from farmers at MSP
The Centre, for the first time, has asked SFAC, the state-owned financial consortium, to procure pulses directly from farmers' groups at MS...