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Government Contracts Import Of Additional 12,660 Tonnes Of Onions
The Centre on Thursday said it has contracted to import an additional 12,660 tonnes of onions and the shipment will reach India from December 27 onwards, a move aimed at improving the domestic supply and check price rise.
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Onion Rate May Hit Rs 150 In Kolkata, Centre Cuts Stock Limit: 10 Points
Amid spiraling onion prices across the country, the central government on Tuesday reduced the stock limit for the wholesale and retail traders by 50 per cent. The wholesalers would no longer be able to stock more than 25 tonnes of onions. For retail retail traders, the limit is five tonnes. Onion prices remain high in the range of Rs 75-100 per kg ...
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Centre To Get Onion Imports From Egypt, Turkey, Iran Amid Soaring Prices
With supplies running short and onion prices at Rs 80 per kg, the Consumer Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday that the government will act as a facilitator for onion imports to ease the process and ensure a quick and healthy supply from other countries.
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Delhi Government to Import Onions
In a bid to bring down onion prices in the national capital, the Delhi government on Monday said it has decided to approach the vegetable's importers.
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Government to Import 50,000 Tonnes of Onions
The government on Friday said that it has floated a tender for import of about 50,000 tonnes of onions.
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India's Onion Crisis: Shortages After The Best-Ever Harvest
Farmer Ranganath Watpade made a killing last year by putting off selling his onions until four months after he harvested them. This year, the same trick has backfired.The country has produced a record harvest, but many farmers in the onion bowl of Maharashtrahave...
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Punjab: Rs 7.25 crore unearthed from vegetable merchants in I-T raids
Amid protests from vegetable merchants over tax raids, the I-T department has unearthedunaccounted money worth over Rs 7 crore from Punjab-based wholesale vegetable merchants, said an official.The money was unearthed by authorities during a survey conducted last week to check commodity hoarding in the wake of soaring onion prices."About Rs 7.25 cro...
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Pakistan bans onion export to India: Report
In a report that is surely going to pinch the aam aadmi, Pakistan has banned the export of onions to India via the Wagah border.Three hundred trucks of onions were to be transported to India to increase the supply and thereby reduce the high prices of onions.Rising prices of onions in Pakistan are being cited as the reason behind the ban. Th...
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Commerce Ministry orders import of onions from Pakistan
As part of series of measures to increase availability of onions, India has contracted import of onions and the first lot from Pakistan is scheduled to reach Delhi on January 7. The import would be done through Public Enterprises Company (PEC) and the State Trading Corporation (STC) under the Ministry of Co...
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Emergency steps to battle onion prices
More than 2G, it's perhaps onion prices that's making the government tear up at the moment; they've rocketed to as much as Rs 85 per kg in some markets forcing the government to remove customs duty on the import of onions which was earlier pegged at 5 per cent. The government has already banned the export of onions, a move which saw wholesale...
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Government Contracts Import Of Additional 12,660 Tonnes Of Onions
The Centre on Thursday said it has contracted to import an additional 12,660 tonnes of onions and the shipment will reach India from December 27 onwards, a move aimed at improving the domestic supply and check price rise.
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Onion Rate May Hit Rs 150 In Kolkata, Centre Cuts Stock Limit: 10 Points
Amid spiraling onion prices across the country, the central government on Tuesday reduced the stock limit for the wholesale and retail traders by 50 per cent. The wholesalers would no longer be able to stock more than 25 tonnes of onions. For retail retail traders, the limit is five tonnes. Onion prices remain high in the range of Rs 75-100 per kg ...
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Centre To Get Onion Imports From Egypt, Turkey, Iran Amid Soaring Prices
With supplies running short and onion prices at Rs 80 per kg, the Consumer Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday that the government will act as a facilitator for onion imports to ease the process and ensure a quick and healthy supply from other countries.
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Delhi Government to Import Onions
In a bid to bring down onion prices in the national capital, the Delhi government on Monday said it has decided to approach the vegetable's importers.
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Government to Import 50,000 Tonnes of Onions
The government on Friday said that it has floated a tender for import of about 50,000 tonnes of onions.
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India's Onion Crisis: Shortages After The Best-Ever Harvest
Farmer Ranganath Watpade made a killing last year by putting off selling his onions until four months after he harvested them. This year, the same trick has backfired.The country has produced a record harvest, but many farmers in the onion bowl of Maharashtrahave...
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Punjab: Rs 7.25 crore unearthed from vegetable merchants in I-T raids
Amid protests from vegetable merchants over tax raids, the I-T department has unearthedunaccounted money worth over Rs 7 crore from Punjab-based wholesale vegetable merchants, said an official.The money was unearthed by authorities during a survey conducted last week to check commodity hoarding in the wake of soaring onion prices."About Rs 7.25 cro...
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Pakistan bans onion export to India: Report
In a report that is surely going to pinch the aam aadmi, Pakistan has banned the export of onions to India via the Wagah border.Three hundred trucks of onions were to be transported to India to increase the supply and thereby reduce the high prices of onions.Rising prices of onions in Pakistan are being cited as the reason behind the ban. Th...
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Commerce Ministry orders import of onions from Pakistan
As part of series of measures to increase availability of onions, India has contracted import of onions and the first lot from Pakistan is scheduled to reach Delhi on January 7. The import would be done through Public Enterprises Company (PEC) and the State Trading Corporation (STC) under the Ministry of Co...
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Emergency steps to battle onion prices
More than 2G, it's perhaps onion prices that's making the government tear up at the moment; they've rocketed to as much as Rs 85 per kg in some markets forcing the government to remove customs duty on the import of onions which was earlier pegged at 5 per cent. The government has already banned the export of onions, a move which saw wholesale...
