Black market for fertilizers is booming in India as prices soarWith a key planting season underway for India’s millions households that depend on agriculture for a living, farmers say they don’t have mu...
29 Nov, 2021, 10.01 AM IST
Pinching people's pockets: Retail inflation likely to stay elevated in short termFor most part of this year, pricier food items pushed the retail inflation, based on Consumer Price Index (CPI), higher in the range of 6.5...
18 Dec, 2020, 02.12 PM IST
Onion prices crash to Re 1 per kilo in wholesale marketThis year, farmers stocked the summer crop hoping for a better price later. However, low demand and glut in the market have kept the prices...
25 Dec, 2018, 11.59 AM IST
Foodgrain output to hit last year's record level; farmers in price trapFarmers producers organisations (FPOs) are being promoted and states have been asked to reform APMCs and explore innovative methods to help...
17 Dec, 2017, 01.20 PM IST
Congress did their best to add fuel to farmers' unrest in Bhopal: Shivraj ChouhanFriends from the Congress did their best to add fuel to this fire. And, in some places, they were leading the violence from the front., sai...
19 Jun, 2017, 01.39 AM IST
Go for more exports: Nitin Gadkari to onion tradersAsking traders to maximise exports to stabilise the onion prices, Gadkari said India is the third-largest exporter of onions after the Neth...
27 Aug, 2016, 04.09 PM IST
Low prices, crop loss hit Punjab, Haryana farmers hard in 2015During a visit here, RBI chief Raghuram Rajan also cautioned against taking farmer suicides "lightly" and stressed on the need to ensure fo...
31 Dec, 2015, 01.22 PM IST
Inflation under check in 2015; kitchen staples beg to differWhile onion prices again brought tears to the eyes of consumers, prices of tur dal touched record high levels above Rs 200 a kilogram.
29 Dec, 2015, 02.08 PM IST
Dal ka tadka after gai pe charcha in BiharAfter beef and quota controversies, the issue of escalating pulse prices has taken centre stage in campaigning for the Bihar assembly elect...
21 Oct, 2015, 10.47 AM IST
Onion thieves strike again, 2,000 kg stolen in NashikAfter the theft of 700 kg of onion from a Mumbai shop, robbers have now decamped with about 2,000 kg of the pricey kitchen staple from the ...
24 Aug, 2015, 03.24 PM IST
AAP alleges 'irregularities' by NAFED in procuring onionsThe party also questioned the non-inclusion of Delhi in the NAFED list of cities which were to benefit from the onion supply scheme at reas...
22 Aug, 2015, 09.45 PM IST
Wholesale onion prices jump to Rs 57/kg at LasalgaonIn the price-sensitive Delhi market and some other parts of the country, retail onion prices have already gone up to Rs 80 per kg depending...
22 Aug, 2015, 01.48 PM IST
India imported 8,041 tonnes of onion in September-November: K V ThomasIndia imported more than 8,041 tonnes of onions during the period between September 1 and November 13 to contain the rise in the vegetable'...
09 Dec, 2013, 05.09 PM IST
Onion prices more than double to Rs 36-40/kg in metrosOnion prices have more than doubled to Rs 36-40 per kg in retail markets of metro cities in last one year, adding to the woes of consumers.
23 Jul, 2013, 03.22 PM IST
- Onion farmers buy seeds from growers
Onion farmers have come up with a novel way to buy seed that often sells at a huge premium when onion prices spiral.
07 Oct, 2011, 04.32 AM IST
- PM meet on inflation remains inconclusive
A high-level meeting on coining measures to bring down food inflation urgently held here under the chairmanship of prime minister Manmohan ...
12 Jan, 2011, 02.54 AM IST
- Rice, pulses may cost 20% more this festive season
This festival season may drain your pocket a little extra as the prices of pulses and rice are likely to shoot up by 10-20%, an industry re...
10 Oct, 2007, 12.00 AM IST