Thali costs rise in April on higher tomato, vegetable oil, LPG pricesHome-cooked vegetarian and non-vegetarian thali costs rose 2% year-on-year in April, primarily due to increased prices of tomatoes, vegetab...
08 May, 2026, 04.28 PM IST
Non-vegetarian thali cost drops 1% in March; Vegetarian thali prices remain stable: Crisil ReportThe cost of a home-cooked non-vegetarian thali fell 1% year-on-year in March 2026, while vegetarian meal costs remained unchanged, as cheap...
07 Apr, 2026, 08.52 AM IST
Onion supply comfortable in domestic market, retail prices stabilising: GovtOnion availability is stable with improved tomato and potato crops. Onion rabi production of 191 lakh tonnes meets needs. Kharif target are...
05 Jul, 2024, 08.52 PM IST
Why have onion prices crashed in the past three weeks?The Indian government's decision to ban onion exports until March 2024 resulted in a drastic 60% price decline in less than three weeks. Th...
02 Jan, 2024, 02.42 PM IST
Govt procures 25,000 tonnes of kharif onion so far for buffer stockThe 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...
01 Jan, 2024, 06.14 PM IST
Onion prices halve in less than two weeks following export banFollowing a government ban on onion exports, wholesale prices plummeted by 50%. With kharif onion arrivals increasing, prices at Lasalgaon ...
19 Dec, 2023, 10.31 PM IST
Kharif onion production to be less than last year: Consumer Affairs secretaryLast 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...
11 Dec, 2023, 05.37 PM IST
Onion prices shoot up 60% in two weeksAccording to senior trade sources, the sowing of kharif onions in the southern states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh was low as farmers in...
26 Oct, 2023, 11.44 PM IST
'Agriculture Ministry urged to give increased incentives for kharif onion to boost supply during festival season'The consumer affairs ministry has asked the agriculture ministry to give more incentive and impetus to kharif onion during the festival per...
30 Jun, 2023, 07.10 PM IST
Kharif onion output estimated to be 13 pc lower; ample rabi onions to contain prices: ReportDecline 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...
02 Nov, 2022, 09.39 PM IST
Onion prices likely to remain at higher trajectory this festive season: CrisilMaharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh are major Kharif onion-producing states, contributing over 75 per cent of total Kharif production...
09 Sep, 2021, 10.29 PM IST
Onion output in kharif, late-kharif seasons of 2019-20 may fall 26% to 52.06 lakh tonne: Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan"During 2019-20, there was a 3-4 weeks delay in sowing as well as decline in sown area of the kharif onion because of late arrival of monso...
19 Nov, 2019, 05.53 PM IST
Onion prices start rising again on tight supplyOnion production was 18.73 million tonnes in 2014-15 crop year (July-June). Kharif onion output contributes 20 per cent to the overall prod...
29 Oct, 2015, 03.19 PM IST
Onion stocks of about 4 MT stored in India: National Horticultural Research and Development FoundationNHRDF is a society which guide the farmers, exporters and others concerned for improving the productivity and quality of horticultural crop...
17 Jun, 2014, 06.32 PM IST
- No drop in onion acreage, expect a glut this year too
With no major decline expected in rabi onion acreage despite water shortage in some of the key growing areas, the country can expect anothe...
04 Dec, 2012, 05.00 AM IST
- Short-duration onion crop mooted for kharif
Delayed rains have stalled sowing of kharif onion. As a result, harvesting will also be pushed back by a month to November.
12 Jul, 2011, 06.11 AM IST
Onion prices may go through the roofThe area under onion harvesting in the country is set to decline by 20% due to drought.
21 Nov, 2009, 02.00 AM IST