India News: NEW DELHI: Easing export ban, the government on Thursday permitted overseas shipments of a specified quantity of white onion from three ports.
India s agriculture exports decreased by 8.8% to USD 43.7 billion in 2023-24 due to the Red Sea crisis, Russia-Ukraine war, and domestic restrictions. Basmati rice exports saw a 22% growth.
These FPCs are spread around the onion growing districts of Maharashtra and will not be able to participate in the buffer stock creation announced by the Central government to help onion growers in view of the ban on exports.