Delhi govt flags off mobile vans with onions to ease prices

Last Updated: Friday, August 28, 2015, 22:17

In a bid to provide onions at subsidised rates, Delhi Development Minister Gopal Rai on Friday flagged-off mobile vans from Azadpur Mandi to different parts of the city for the vegetable to be sold at "model price".

Middle class woes to continue, wholesale onion price shoots up to Rs 57 per kg

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.

Onion price rises to Rs 54 per kg at Lasalgaon

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.

MMTC floats tender for import of 10,000 tonnes onion

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.

Middle-class budget goes haywire, onion prices shoot up by Rs 30 in 10 days

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.

Punjab gets onions from Afghan to check prices

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 17:25

With onion prices going through the roof, traders from Punjab have started importing the crop from Afghanistan through the Attari-Wagah land route.

Middle class woes to continue as wholesale onion prices touch 22-month high

Last Updated: Friday, August 14, 2015, 11:06

Woes for the Indian middle class seems to be far from over due to constant escalation in wholesale price of onion.

Good news! Delhi govt to sell onions at Rs 40 from Monday

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 5, 2015, 14:05

Delhi government will sell onions at Rs 40 a kg at 280 locations across the city.

Rising onion prices leave buyers in tears

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 4, 2015, 13:38

The steep rise in onion prices have come as a double whammy for the Indian middle class who is already reeling under severe pressure from high inflation

Middle class woes: Are onion prices going to hit your household budget?

Last Updated: Thursday, July 23, 2015, 10:16

Onion prices have shot up by more than 30 percent in Lasalgaon in Maharashtra, Asia's biggest onion market, because of supply shortage.

Onion price rises by Rs 10 per kg at Lasalgaon on lower supply

Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 20:36

Onion prices continued to be volatile, surging by Rs 10 to Rs 40 per kg today at Lasalgaon Mandi in Nashik.

Onion prices at Lasalgaon fall by Rs 12/kg to Rs 30 per kg

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 19:48

Onion prices on Tuesday fell sharply by Rs 12 to Rs 30 per kg at Lasalgaon Mandi in Nashik as supplies almost doubled with the arrival of new crops, raising hopes of a similar cut in retail rates.