Farmers have already been roiled by the steep onion prices, currently being sold at Rs 100/kg. The govt has been working towards cooling prices, including banning exports.
State govts have been directed to undertake anti-hoarding operations with immediate effect. Last week, the govt had reduced the cap to 5 tonnes from 10 tonnes.
Onion prices have soared to Rs 100/kg, forcing govt to import stocks from Egypt & Turkey. But how will these onions be different from India’s 30-odd varieties?
Nitish Kumar has mastered the rhythm of renewal in Bihar. In a democracy of churn and chance, endurance may be the rarest—and most refined—form of political art.
While the move could free up grid capacity struggling to keep up with rapid renewable rollout, it would be a major setback for green ambitions. India aims to double clean power capacity to 500 gigawatts by the end of the decade.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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