Nafed Rabi Onion Nashik

Due to trader hoarding and farmers' reluctance to sell their stock, the government has only achieved less than 10 per cent of its 500,000-tonne onion buffer stock target

Last week, Paswan had attributed the sharp rise in onion prices to 30-40 per cent fall in domestic production

Earlier today, the Union Minister held a meeting with Consumer Affairs Secretary AK Srivastava and Food Secretary Ravikant over the rising onion prices and the onion import issue.

Government has also directed cooperative NCCF and government agency SFAC to procure 5,000 tonne and 1,000 tonne of onions