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Onion shortage: Here's why farmers gained little from record price rise

Farmers across the country have suffered a double whammy this year - first, their crop from last season was spoilt by floods, and then onion yield also dropped due to moisture in fields

Know your onions: Buyers left teary eyed as prices surge to Rs 200 a kilo

Onion prices have been high for past few weeks due to fall in production of the Kharif crop following unseasonal rainfall in key growing states

Onion price hike: Govt cuts stock holding limit for retailers, wholesalers

Onion prices have been ruling high for the past few weeks even as various measures have been initiated to increase supply of the key kitchen staple

Onion prices: Govt extends relaxed fumigation norms for imports to Dec 31

Traders who have imported onions without fumigation or having endorsement of such treatment on phytosanitary certificate will be allowed to fumigate in India through an accredited treatment provider

Onion prices: I-T raids traders in Maharashtra, Delhi amid hoarding fears

I-T sleuths checked account books of some wholesale dealers against physical stocks of the commodity

Centre to import onions as prices soar, eases fumigation norms till Nov 30

The consignment would be inspected thoroughly by quarantine officials and released only if found free from pests and diseases of concern to India.

Doorstep sale: Kejriwal govt finds a way to counter Rs 80/kg onion price

Hussain also directed agencies to work in coordination with each other to ensure timely, regular and adequate supply of onion through mobile vans

Onion set to bring tears to consumer as retail price nears Rs 100 a kg

Vegetables surges by 10% to trade at Rs 55.5 a kg in Lasalgaon mandi. It is being sold for Rs 70-80 in retail across the country

Traders sceptical of govt steps as onion, tomato prices hit season's highs

This is largely because the surge in recent weeks is due to the rains in Maharashtra, which could impact kharif harvest if they continue unabated

Traders fear ban on exports as onion price jumps to four-year high

Last week's measures to curb prices, such as the levy of MEP and permission for duty-free import failed to curb the price rise

Nashik farmer writes to PMO, refutes report on 'low quality' of onions

Sathe had earlier sent Rs 1,064, his earnings from onion sale in the wholesale market, to PM Modi on November 29 as a protest

Transparent derivatives mechanism proposed to arrest onion price volatility

With onion price volatility every year, experts suggest futures trading with an action plan based on a price band and forward trading with delivery-based settlement. At times, farmers have thrown away their onion produce due to excess supply making the cost of taking this to the wholesale market higher than the prevailing price. It happened in Madhya Pradesh last year. And, on the other hand, consumers sometimes suffer due to soaring prices , due to supply shortage or trader cartelisation. Both situations occur frequently. Annual production is 19-20 million tonnes, concentrated in a few states; the consuming states are many. Several sowing cycles and intermittent gaps between sowing and harvesting usually create ripples and prices go up sharply and fall as sharply. A 40-50 per cent price movement in a month is no surprise. Some years before, the retail price touched Rs 100 a kg, raising fear of unrest. A need was felt for a long-term solution by introducing derivatives trading, to ...