Retail onion worth up 57%; Centre steps up buffer onion sale to supply aid to customers
As all-India common retail onion worth shoots up by 57 per cent to Rs 47 per kg, the Centre on Friday determined to step up the sale of buffer onion at a subsidised price of Rs 25 per kg in retail markets in an effort to present aid to customers.
The all-India common retail worth of onion rose to Rs 47 per kg on Friday, from Rs 30 per kg within the year-ago interval, as per the info maintained by the patron affairs ministry.
In the nationwide capital, retail worth of onion was at Rs 40/kg on Friday as in opposition to Rs 30/kg within the year-ago interval, the info confirmed.
“We have been offloading buffer onions since mid-August and we are stepping up the retail sale in order to check further rise in prices and provide relief to the consumers,” Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh informed PTI.
According to the ministry, onion is being offloaded from the buffer inventory in each wholesale and retail markets in states the place there’s a sharp rise in costs. Since mid-August, about 1.7 lakh tonne of buffer onion has been offloaded in 22 states at completely different areas.
In retail markets, buffer onion is being offloaded via two cooperative our bodies NCCF and NAFED shops and autos at a subsidised price of Rs 25 per kg. In Delhi too, buffer onion is being offered at this subsidised price.
A senior ministry official stated the delay in kharif onion sowing resulting from climate causes has resulted in much less protection and late arrival of the crop.
The recent kharif onion ought to have began arriving by now but it surely has not. With saved rabi onion getting exhausted and delay in arrival of kharif onion, there’s a tight provide scenario, leading to worth enhance in each wholesale and retail markets, the official added.
He additionally talked about that the federal government has doubled the buffer onion inventory for the present 12 months and this could enhance home availability and test costs within the coming days.
For 2023-24 fiscal 12 months, the patron affairs ministry via NCCF and NAFED has maintained a buffer onion inventory of 5 lakh tonne and plans to acquire extra 2 lakh tonne onion within the coming days.
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