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- Maharashtra govt probing fuel hoarding, diversion amid spike in petrol, diesel demand: FadnavisMaharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis flagged a significant rise in petrol and diesel demand. He suspects hoarding and illegal diver...
- Maharashtra govt ignoring distressed farmers, pursuing unnecessary projects: Jayant PatilSenior NCP (SP) leader Jayant Patil has slammed the Maharashtra government. He stated that funds are unavailable for distressed farmers. Ho...
- West Asia conflict deals a double whammy to India’s farm sector: pre-harvest cost pressures, post-harvest shipping delaysSupply shocks, export disruptions, and labour shortages caused by the Iran war are beginning to strain India’s agriculture despite ample fo...
- Vegetable prices crash up to 80% since January, deepening farm distressVegetable prices have fallen sharply since January. Potatoes are down 40 percent, onions 50 percent, and tomatoes up to 80 percent. This is...
- Govt plans big scale radiation processing of onions to prevent shortagesGovernment plans to irradiate onions to create a 1,00,000-tonne buffer stock amidst a projected 16% output decline. Radiation aims to exten...
- Onion exporters warn of major shortage in onion supply; price hike from early MarchIndia faces onion shortage due to drop in rabi harvest. Meanwhile, export ban causes price crash, protests. Exporters suggest controlled ex...
- India bans export of all varieties of onion“Rates have increased and there is shortage of onion in the domestic market. While this shortage is seasonal, a huge amount of exports were...
- A problem of plenty: India's onion messWhat the government is doing is hurting farmers rather than resolving the country’s onion mess.
- With onions climbing to Rs 70, govt puts curbs on exportsThe government said the pricing order will be in place till the end of 2017.
- Onion prices pick up after a slumpRise in prices is witnessed also due to damages inflicted by July rains in Gujarat and Rajasthan that has set bullish trend in onion prices.
- Delhi government to ferry onion vans to 70 constituenciesIn order to control onion prices, Delhi government will send vans carrying the kitchen staple from four wholesale markets to all 70 Assembl...
- West Bengal’s ban on vegetable exports is retrogradeMamata Banerjee has imposed a ban on export of vegetables from Bengal, creating shortages, particularly of potatoes, in the north-east.
- Onion prices expected to fall in the next 2-3 weeks: Sharad PawarEchoing similar views, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said there is no "real" scarcity of onions in the country and prices are expected to ...
- Did the government not take the onion crisis seriously?“Despite knowing about the onion shortage in the country, Nafed did not import onions,” said an insider of the onion trade.
- Pakistan’s onion shortage should not make New Delhi shed tearsNew Delhi can ill-afford to let Pakistan determine the fate of Indian onions, so a close eye needs to be kept on all underground activities.
- Onion prices 80% higher than last yearThe difference between wholesale and retail price of onions in Delhi was 100-150% -- a clear indication of cartels squeezing the market dry.
- No shortage of onion, says NHRDFEven though onion prices are rising in the country, NHRDF has said there is no shortage of the commodity in the country.
- Onion exporters face shortage of railway wagonsTraders have sought adequate railway wagons for the transportation of onions and warned of a boycott of onion auctions if their demand was ...
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