Published By: Sheen Kachroo
Last Updated: October 31, 2023, 21:36 IST
The second highest improve in the costs was in Goa and Puducherry the place the common retail worth was at Rs 72 per kg on Tuesday.(Representational picture)
The all-India common retail onion costs elevated by Rs 3.40 per kg to Rs 53.75 per kg on Tuesday from yesterday, in response to the most recent official information
Onion continued to be expensive in the nationwide capital on Tuesday as the common retail worth remained at Rs 78 per kilogram even because the wholesale costs in the important thing supplying state of Maharashtra began cooling down after the imposition of export curbs.
The all-India common retail onion costs elevated by Rs 3.40 per kg to Rs 53.75 per kg on Tuesday from yesterday, in response to the most recent official information.
Onion costs in the nationwide capital began inching up from October 25 when the charges had been at Rs 40 per kg, which doubled to Rs 80 per kg on October 29.
Prices, nonetheless, fell marginally to Rs 78 per kg on October 30 and remained at the identical stage on Tuesday as effectively, the info from the buyer affairs ministry confirmed.
At current, the common retail onion costs are ruling at the very best stage in Delhi in comparison with different states and union territories.
The second highest improve in the costs was in Goa and Puducherry the place the common retail worth was at Rs 72 per kg on Tuesday.
In different states, the retail costs had been ruling in the vary of Rs 41-69 per kg.
According to official sources, costs in each wholesale and retail markets throughout the nation have shot up purely attributable to hypothesis regardless of 15-20 lakh tonnes of rabi crop inventory obtainable in Maharasthra that’s ample to satisfy the demand for a month.
A possible fall in contemporary kharif output and two weeks’ delay in arrival can’t be the only purpose for the sudden spike in onion costs.
There is sufficient previous crop inventory to satisfy the home demand and even the federal government has maintained 5 lakh tonnes of buffer inventory, the sources mentioned.
Further, the sources mentioned the imposition of minimal export worth on onion on October 29 at USD 800 per tonne until December-end helps in cooling down costs, particularly in Maharasthra, the place costs fell 4-10 per cent on October 30.
The kharif crop has began arriving in small portions in mandis however in greater portions will begin coming from the second week of November from key rising states of Karnataka, Maharasthra, and Andhra Pradesh.
Till the brand new crop hits the market, the federal government will launch buffer inventory to extend the provision and test worth rise. So far, 1.8 lakh tonnes of onion have been launched in the market.
The nation has exported about 15 lakh tonnes of onion until October 20 of this fiscal.
Total onion exports stood at 25 lakh tonnes in the 2022-23 fiscal, as per the official information.
Onion is grown in three seasons — kharif, late kharif and rabi.
It is simply rabi onion which is saved as the variability grown in this season has an extended shelf life.
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