The high prices aren't just hurting the aam admi. The governement too is feeling the heat. From Rs 16 a kg to Rs 70 a kg, the onion price is seemingly untamable. With a 400 per cent increase over the last 6 months, the politically volatile vegetable is not only bringing tears to the eyes of the aam aadmi but it’s now beginning to hurt the government too. The government...
11:53 PM, Dec 23, 2010
Mumbai: Spiraling onion prices have brought tears to the eyes, quite literally. At Mumbai's biggest wholesale market, CNN-IBN peels off the murky layers of mystery and manipulation around the onion price hike. While the traders at the APMC market were reluctant to talk, CNN-IBN captured a market transporter on a hidden camera spilling the beans. He also claimed that politicians are equally responsible. According to him the price hike is...
11:23 PM, Dec 23, 2010
New Delhi: After onions, it’s now tomatoes that are making the consumers cry. In one day alone, the prices have shot up by nearly Rs 10-15 and seem unlikely to drop anytime soon. In a nationwide increase, tomatoes are selling in the price range of Rs 40-60 a kg. Housewives across the country are having second thoughts on what to cook. They are experiencing a hole being drilled in their...
09:30 PM, Dec 23, 2010
New Delhi: Food inflation surged back into double-digit territory at 12.13 per cent for the week ended December 11 as the prices of vegetables, particularly onions, rose for the third consecutive week. Food inflation registered a sharp increase during the week under review from 9.46 per cent in the previous week to enter double digits for the first time since November 13, when it stood at 10.15 per cent. On...
12:06 PM, Dec 23, 2010
New Delhi: The Agriculture and consumers affairs ministries are all set to take measures to check rising prices . The government has already banned exports and abolished import duty. The Cabinet Secretary will review the situation on onion on Thursday with the secretaries of the agriculture and consumers affairs ministries. The Centre on Wednesday asked states to take stringent action against hoarders and directed the Commerce Ministry to speed up...
08:45 AM, Dec 23, 2010
New Delhi: There has been a seasonal shortfall. However, it alone is not responsible for the spike in onion prices. A look at the market arrivals in the Nashik market clearly point at cartels playing a role. The fact that the agriculture ministry did not act on time to assuage fears of shortage only made things easier for hoarders who are taking advantage of the "shortage sentiment". Last year this...
10:10 PM, Dec 22, 2010
Jamshedpur: With spiralling onion prices bringing tears in most of the eyes in the country, a tyre seller here has offered to sell the vegetable free of cost, on the purchase of a tyre from his shop. "We are offering five kg onion free on the purchase of a truck tyre and one kg on the purchase of a car tyre," Satnam Singh Gambhir, a tyre seller of Kalimati Road...
03:35 PM, Dec 22, 2010
New Delhi: At the epicentre of the onion trade in Nashik, prices came down at the same speed at which it went up on Monday. But the Agriculture Minister and National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Fedration (NAFED) seemed confused. NAFED Managaing Director, Sanjeev Chopra said, "We are unable to understand why this happened because the arrivals both in Delhi and Nashik markets were quite alright. But for common man, it will...
10:11 PM, Dec 21, 2010
New Delhi: The price of onions, Rs 80 and counting is certainly putting the squeeze on the government which is already battling inflation. The government is now hopeful that the retail prices will drop quickly as the wholesale prices in Nashik have already come down to thousand rupees a quintal that roughly comes out to be about Rs 35-40 a kilo. Unseasonal rains in Nashik had ruined the crops creating...
07:28 PM, Dec 21, 2010
New Delhi: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday claimed that prices of onions will come down in two to three weeks. "Situation will be normal in two to three weeks. Onion prices rose because of rains in Nasik and other onion growing areas. Ban on onion exports should help reduce the prices," said Pawar. Pawar also hit back at those alleging that prices were rising because of hoarding. "I...
10:39 AM, Dec 21, 2010
New Delhi: A worried government on Monday 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. Concerned over sudden increase in onion prices, the Delhi government has called an emergency meet on Tuesday. Delhi government on Monday said it was considering opening of special outlets to sell the vegetable at wholesale rates. Food and...
09:26 AM, Dec 21, 2010
New Delhi: Onion prices have skyrocketed in the all the major cities across the country with prices shooting to an unbelievable Rs 80 per kg in Chandigarh. In the south, the rise in onion prices have been blamed on the bout of low pressure and impending rains. In Chennai, onions are selling for Rs 35 for a kilo. In Bangalore prices have increased to almost Rs 70 per kg due...
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