Heavy rains, delay in harvest to keep onions pricey this DiwaliOnion prices, currently at ₹60-80/kg, are expected to stay high through Diwali due to heavy rainfall damaging crops in Maharashtra and othe...
20 Oct, 2024, 11.48 PM IST
Onion to stay on hot plate for a fortnight, say tradersOnion prices are projected to remain high for the next two weeks as farmers are holding back their harvests in anticipation of better price...
30 Jul, 2024, 07.59 PM IST
Onion & Potato prices crash, but garlic is at Rs 500/kgA team of top central government officials is currently on a visit to the onion growing regions of Maharashtra to assess the ground situati...
06 Feb, 2024, 12.50 AM IST
Why are onion prices on the rise again?Onion prices started to climb in Maharashtra’s Pimpalgaon and Lasalgaon wholesale markets, Asia’s largest, in the second week of August. Ho...
30 Nov, 2023, 01.54 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
Rising concerns over delayed arrival of kharif crop push wholesale onion prices up in MahaWholesale onion prices in Maharashtra's Nashik district have risen by around 30% in a week due to concerns over the delay in the arrival of...
19 Oct, 2023, 09.49 AM IST
Prices of quality onion likely to double by SeptemberWholesale prices of onions ranged between ₹5 per kg and ₹24 per kg in Nashik on Wednesday, while retail prices were ₹ 25-35 per kg. Besides...
11 Aug, 2023, 09.38 AM 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 prices move north despite export banAverage wholesale onion prices at the benchmark Pimpalgaon market in Nashik district increased from 27/kg on September 14 to 36/kg on Septe...
24 Sep, 2020, 11.17 AM IST
Relaxed rules on pests aided onion importsThe agriculture ministry extended the relaxation in fumigation treatment conditions for the import of onions to January 15, 2020, on Decemb...
11 Dec, 2019, 08.49 AM 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
Flooding in major onion producing states leads to spike in pricesUnseasonal rains in 3 major producing states have seen the crop marooned in fields & prices jumping each day.
09 Nov, 2019, 06.29 PM IST
Despite scheme, onions plunge to Rs 1.50 in MaharashtraNewly-harvested onions are selling at Rs 1.50-11a kg in the wholesale markets of Maha.
20 Dec, 2018, 10.08 AM IST
Onion hits two-year high of Rs 4,900 per quintal at LasalgaonWholesale bulb price hit 2-year high at Rs 4,900 per quintal, after it shot up by Rs 400 at the country's largest bulb market in Nashik.
21 Aug, 2015, 04.25 AM IST
Government to import 70,000 tonnes of onions to meet scarcityThe summer onion crop has a shelf life of six to seven months and it caters to the market until the fresh Kharif crop arrives.
26 Jul, 2014, 11.17 AM IST
Onion prices up in June, but below the level a year ago"Onion prices at Lasalgaon in June this year were lower than the previous June. We had a record production of rabi onion this year."
16 Jul, 2014, 12.22 PM 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