Lasalgaon Market

In a sudden move, the central government's Department of Commerce on Monday banned "with immediate effect" export of onions as its average trade price in the country's biggest onion market in Maharashtra's Lasalgaon touched Rs 30/kg - double of what it was in March.

Onion prices at Lasalgaon in Maharashtra, Asia's biggest wholesale market for the staple, have started rising again due to supply concerns.

Wholesale prices of onion today fell below the Rs 50 per kg mark at the Lasalgaon in Maharashtra, Asia's biggest onion market, due to curbs on exports and fear of action against hoarding.

At Lasalgaon in North Maharashtra, Asia's largest onion market, prices are a whopping Rs 60 per kg. The same quantity last year was selling for Rs 15, indicating a 300 per cent increase.

As onion prices skyrocket in markets across India, the central government has decided to import the vegetable and has floated a tender for 10,000 metric tonnes which will open on August 27.

Wholesale onion prices today hit two year high of Rs 4,900 per quintal, after it shot up by Rs 400 at the country's largest bulb wholesale market in Lasalgaon, Nashik.

A powerful traders' cartel working Asia's biggest wholesale market at Lasalgaon town in Maharashtra is believed to be a key factor behind the staggering rise in onion prices.

Onion prices have shot up sharply across the country following a surge in wholesale onion prices at Lasalgaon in Maharashtra (Asia's biggest market) where prices hit an all-time high on Friday. Rising onion prices have not only hurt household budgets in the festive season, but they have also become a political issue ahead of assembly elections in f...

The average prices at Lasalgaon, India's largest wholesale onion market in Maharashtra, jumped nearly 37 per cent to Rs 4,300 per 100 kg, breaking the earlier record of Rs 3,800 struck on December 20, 2010.

The average prices at Lasalgaon, India's largest wholesale onion market, in Maharashtra, rose to Rs 2,411 per 100 kg on Wednesday, the highest since January 2011.

As onion prices came crashing down, business has stopped at the Lasalgaon market - the largest onion market in the country. Farmers and traders went on an indefinite strike demanding the ban on exports be lifted. ''The supply of onions is more than what the demand is. That is the reason the prices have fallen,'' said Santosh Suryavanshi, an onion t...

In a sudden move, the central government's Department of Commerce on Monday banned "with immediate effect" export of onions as its average trade price in the country's biggest onion market in Maharashtra's Lasalgaon touched Rs 30/kg - double of what it was in March.

Onion prices at Lasalgaon in Maharashtra, Asia's biggest wholesale market for the staple, have started rising again due to supply concerns.

Wholesale prices of onion today fell below the Rs 50 per kg mark at the Lasalgaon in Maharashtra, Asia's biggest onion market, due to curbs on exports and fear of action against hoarding.

At Lasalgaon in North Maharashtra, Asia's largest onion market, prices are a whopping Rs 60 per kg. The same quantity last year was selling for Rs 15, indicating a 300 per cent increase.

As onion prices skyrocket in markets across India, the central government has decided to import the vegetable and has floated a tender for 10,000 metric tonnes which will open on August 27.

Wholesale onion prices today hit two year high of Rs 4,900 per quintal, after it shot up by Rs 400 at the country's largest bulb wholesale market in Lasalgaon, Nashik.

A powerful traders' cartel working Asia's biggest wholesale market at Lasalgaon town in Maharashtra is believed to be a key factor behind the staggering rise in onion prices.

Onion prices have shot up sharply across the country following a surge in wholesale onion prices at Lasalgaon in Maharashtra (Asia's biggest market) where prices hit an all-time high on Friday. Rising onion prices have not only hurt household budgets in the festive season, but they have also become a political issue ahead of assembly elections in f...

The average prices at Lasalgaon, India's largest wholesale onion market in Maharashtra, jumped nearly 37 per cent to Rs 4,300 per 100 kg, breaking the earlier record of Rs 3,800 struck on December 20, 2010.

The average prices at Lasalgaon, India's largest wholesale onion market, in Maharashtra, rose to Rs 2,411 per 100 kg on Wednesday, the highest since January 2011.

As onion prices came crashing down, business has stopped at the Lasalgaon market - the largest onion market in the country. Farmers and traders went on an indefinite strike demanding the ban on exports be lifted. ''The supply of onions is more than what the demand is. That is the reason the prices have fallen,'' said Santosh Suryavanshi, an onion t...