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Why Onion Prices Have Climbed 300 Per Cent
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.
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Mumbai trader sells onions at Rs. 12 per kg
Onions at Rs 12 a kilo! Finding that hard to buy? Well, Deepak Kedare from Lasalgaon, Maharashtra's largest onion producing area, is making it possible. Kedare buys his product from the farmer, and sells it directly to the consumer."I sell onions at Rs 12/kg to Rs 15/kg. It is possible to sell it at this price because I buy it from the farmers dire...
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Onion crisis could continue for 3 weeks, says Pawar
Don't look for any relief just yet when it comes to onion prices - Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar acknowledges "the situation is serious" and says prices are likely to stay high for the next three weeks.In Nasik in Maharashtra, a major producer of onions, wholesale prices are up 50%. And in retail markets in metros, prices are ...
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Onion at Rs. 60-70/kg; govt suspends export till Jan 15
A worried government today decided to suspend onion exports till January 15 in the wake of skyrocketing prices of the commodity which is selling between Rs 60-70 a kg.Agriculture cooperative major Nafed, a regulating agency, has been asked to stop giving fresh clearance to exporters. The government has also made exports almost impossible for those ...
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57 per cent hike in onion prices since last week
After unseasonal rainfall destroyed the onion crop this past fortnight, there has been a sharp increase in prices with a kilo costing about Rs 35. This is a 57 per cent hike from last week, when it was available for Rs 20 a kilo.At Nashik's Lalsalgaon, the biggest onion market in Asia, traders blame the shortage on unseasonal rains that has destroy...
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Why Onion Prices Have Climbed 300 Per Cent
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.
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Mumbai trader sells onions at Rs. 12 per kg
Onions at Rs 12 a kilo! Finding that hard to buy? Well, Deepak Kedare from Lasalgaon, Maharashtra's largest onion producing area, is making it possible. Kedare buys his product from the farmer, and sells it directly to the consumer."I sell onions at Rs 12/kg to Rs 15/kg. It is possible to sell it at this price because I buy it from the farmers dire...
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Onion crisis could continue for 3 weeks, says Pawar
Don't look for any relief just yet when it comes to onion prices - Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar acknowledges "the situation is serious" and says prices are likely to stay high for the next three weeks.In Nasik in Maharashtra, a major producer of onions, wholesale prices are up 50%. And in retail markets in metros, prices are ...
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Onion at Rs. 60-70/kg; govt suspends export till Jan 15
A worried government today decided to suspend onion exports till January 15 in the wake of skyrocketing prices of the commodity which is selling between Rs 60-70 a kg.Agriculture cooperative major Nafed, a regulating agency, has been asked to stop giving fresh clearance to exporters. The government has also made exports almost impossible for those ...
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57 per cent hike in onion prices since last week
After unseasonal rainfall destroyed the onion crop this past fortnight, there has been a sharp increase in prices with a kilo costing about Rs 35. This is a 57 per cent hike from last week, when it was available for Rs 20 a kilo.At Nashik's Lalsalgaon, the biggest onion market in Asia, traders blame the shortage on unseasonal rains that has destroy...
