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TopicOnion imports

Topic: onion imports

Onions imported at Rs 58/kg being sold for Rs 6/kg after being rejected by states, Safal

Samyak Pandey -
There are few takers for over 90% of the 33,600 metric tonnes of imported onions, which threatens to translate into a loss of around Rs 200 crore for govt. 

Poor storage, panic imports, govt failures led to 2019 onion crisis. It could happen again

Samyak Pandey -
Excess monsoon destroyed the kharif onion crop, but there was much administrative failure that led to the prices crossing Rs 150 per kg.

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