Skyrocketing Onion, Potato Prices Pinch Pockets
Bhubaneswar/Balasore: The manifold rise in the price of onion and potato, the important most kitchen staples, has compounded the woes of consumers in Odisha. According to reports, onion…
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Govt Considering Lifting Ban On Onion Exports
New Delhi: The government is considering lifting the ban on exports of onion as fresh arrival of the commodity has started softening its prices in the domestic market, an official said.…
Column: How About A ‘Cold Store Mission’?
By Sandeep Sahu The visuals say it all! A bag of onion falls off a truck carrying the stuff from Nasik to Sambalpur near Debahal in Bargarh district and there is a stampede of sorts!!…
Onion Prices Rise Again In Odisha! Traders Cite CAA Protest, Rainfall As Reason
Bhubaneswar: A day after hitting a low retail price of Rs 75-85/kg, Odisha once again witnessed a sudden rise in the price of onions burning a hole in the consumers' pockets. The traders'…
Onion Price Touches Rs 140 Per Kilo Mark In Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Within a span of two days, onion prices have touched Rs 140 per kilo mark in Cuttack's Chhatra Bazar, which is one of the largest wholesale and retail vegetable markets in…
Onion Prices Likely To Come Down In Odisha By January: Minister
Bhubaneswar: Amid onion prices soaring to Rs 150 per kilo at various open markets in the State burning hole in the pockets of consumers, Odisha government on Wednesday gave a bit of relief…
Odisha To Supply Onions Through Fair-Price Shops
Bhubaneswar: With the price of onions skyrocketing due to low procurement from other states, the Odisha government on Wednesday said it will supply the vegetable through fair-price shops and…
Low Onion Produce Main Cause For Price Rise: Paswan
New Delhi: Blaming the lack of uniformity in rain patterns for hurting production of onions, Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Wednesday that the Centre is taking all…
Don’t Use Onion In Food: Bangladesh PM Told Her Cook Post Export Ban
New Delhi: India's onion export ban seems to have impacted even Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's kitchen and she feels it would help if such decisions are taken with prior notice…
Government Bans Onion Exports With Immediate Effect
New Delhi: The Commerce Ministry on Sunday prohibited the export of all varieties of onions with immediate effect, till it comes up with further orders. The decision comes on the backdrop…