Last Updated: Monday, August 24, 2015, 22:31
Union Minister for Steel and Mines Narendra Singh Tomar defended the government on the issue of rising onion prices here Monday and claimed that the BJP never coined slogans like "Acche Din Aayenge (good days will come)".
Last Updated: Monday, August 24, 2015, 21:55
Wholesale onion prices at Lasalgaon in Maharasthra, Asia's biggest onion market, have almost touched Rs 60/kg, while retail prices across the country have risen up to Rs 80 per kg, adding to consumer woes.
Last Updated: Monday, August 24, 2015, 19:29
Onion prices, which are already ruling at around Rs 80 per kg in most parts of the country, are likely to increase further by 10 percent on tight supplies due to unseasonal rains affecting the crops.
Last Updated: Monday, August 24, 2015, 12:37
Despite the government increasing the minimum export price (MEP) and allowing imports to raise domestic supply, the onion prices are showing no sign of cooling off.
Last Updated: Sunday, August 23, 2015, 13:07
Wholesale prices of onion, which is widely used in Indian households, have risen to close to Rs 60 per kg while it is already selling around Rs 80 per kg in retail markets.
Last Updated: Saturday, August 22, 2015, 18:20
The decision to increase onion MEP to USD 700 per tonne from USD 425 is taken as prices of onions at both wholesale and retail levels have been rising on lower output due to unseasonal rains earlier.
Last Updated: Saturday, August 22, 2015, 13:32
In the price-sensitive Delhi market and some other parts of the country, retail onion price has shot up to Rs 80 per kg.
Last Updated: Friday, August 21, 2015, 15:39
Onion prices at Lasalgaon in Maharashtra -- Asia's biggest wholesale market for onions -- today touched Rs 54 per kg, the highest so far this year, due to tight supply of the crop.
Last Updated: Friday, August 21, 2015, 14:25
State-run MMTC has invited bids from global suppliers for import of 10,000 tonnes onion from countries like Pakistan, Egypt, China and Afghanistan to boost domestic supply and check price rise.
Last Updated: Friday, August 21, 2015, 11:43
Onion prices are hardening due to the fall in production and sluggish supply of stored onions, which are meant for meeting demand during July-September.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 20, 2015, 21:32
With the price of onion reaching two-year high, the Delhi government has formed teams to monitor the stock of the bulb in the wholesale markets in the national capital and check its hoarding.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 20, 2015, 15:23
Wholesale onion prices Thursday hit two year high of Rs 4,900 per quintal, after it shot up by Rs 400 at the country's largest bulb wholesale market in Lasalgaon, Nashik.
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