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Friday, March 29, 2024
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

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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

Sheikh Hasina battling ‘India Out’ campaign with Indian saree. But has she made it worse?

Hasina is unabashedly India’s best friend in the neighbourhood. But Delhi is hard put to match China’s deep pockets and big investments in Dhaka.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.