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Monday, October 13, 2025
TopicOnion prices

Topic: onion prices

Move over Chinese lights and toys, this New Year there will be onions from China

Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation has issued a tender to import 11,000 metric tonnes of onion, of which 4,000 MT was awarded to China.

India’s Great Onion Crisis of 2019 is coming to an end

Onion prices at Lasalgaon in Maharashtra are expected to plunge to about Rs 20-25 per kilogram from mid-January.

Prices of potato, tomatoes, other vegetables also soar as winter rains damage crops

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.

Faking Islamophobia for citizenship bill, Amit Shah’s trophy and a proposal with an onion

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Can India handle frequent onion crisis without fixing its distortionary farm economics?

Onion prices have surged across India again, ranging from Rs 90 per kilo to Rs 200 per kilo.

Govt further limits retailers from stocking onions to 2 tonnes

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 surge to Rs 165 per kg, govt promises imports by January 2020

To boost supply and contain the rising prices, the government has contracted over 21,000 tonnes of imports through the state-owned MMTC.

PM Modi’s ‘regressive’ CAB, a ‘ghar-wapsi’ and shrinking GDP in winters

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

MPs say ‘lynch the rapists’, Sharad Pawar’s ‘revelation’ and poha without kanda

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Know your onions: Peeling complex layers of a humble, pricey vegetable Mughals popularised

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?

On Camera

No Mamata Banerjee, women’s safety isn’t a curfew issue

For Indian women, the smallest unit of control becomes the family; the largest, the State. Both speak the same language.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.