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 government has set a higher onion procurement price at Rs 15.80 per kg, a step designed to uplift farmers and regulate market rates eff...

Maharashtra onion farmers are facing a severe financial crisis. They are urging the central government for a special Rs 10,000 crore reviva...

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...

Onion prices in India are anticipated to decrease further due to the arrival of the new kharif crop. The government has been selling onions...

The government is set to transport 1,600 tonnes of onion buffer stock from Maharashtra to Delhi by rail to curb rising prices. This histori...

The government has raised the buffer stock target to 7 lakh tonnes for the 2023-24 fiscal, against the actual stock of 3 lakh tonnes last y...

NAFED has disposed of 14,500 tonne of buffer onion in the wholesale markets located in cities like Azadpur (Delhi), Chandigarh, Ambala (Har...

It is worth noting that onion prices have been fairly stable this year. This is because of record production in the 2021-22 rabi season as ...

As the shelf life of onions is less, the department has written to all states to place orders if they need onions, the sources said. The Ce...

The official said the government is planning to procure 50% more onions next year to tide over the period when there is short supply of oni...

A quarter of the onion buffer stock of 100,000 tonnes is likely to have been damaged due to loss of moisture during storage.

S K Chadha, managing director of Nafed, the state owned cooperative marketing federation which maintains stocks for central government, sai...

This buffer stock of onion is created and maintained by Nafed on behalf of the government to be used for interventions in times of onion cr...

As per data maintained by the Consumer Affairs Ministry, retail onion prices in Mumbai were ruling at Rs 86/kg, Chennai at Rs 83/kg, Kolkat...

The procurement of onions would begin from next month, a top official in the Consumer Affairs Ministry official said.