Guwahati: Amid soaring prices of onions, the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (Nafed) in collaboration with the state d.
Lower supplies due to delayed harvests of the summer crop have driven prices of the commonly consumed vegetable for a second time in the past six months | Latest News India
Onion traders from Nashik's Lasalgaon have called for a ‘bandh’ to protest against the Centre's decision to impose 40% export duty on onions. Farmers are also unhappy about the govt decision to purchase only 2 lakh metric tonnes at Rs 2,410/quintal
The National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India (NCCF) is already selling tomatoes on behalf of the central government at a subsidised rate and it has now been mandated to retail buffer onion.