While the rising prices have left consumers seething with anger, people demand immediate steps by the government to put a cap on the trend.
The price of onion was Rs 35 in Bhubaneswar earlier this week and it has increased to Rs 45 to 50 today morning.
Bhubaneswar: Damage to onion crops in Maharashtra due to excessive rains has led to the skyrocketing price of the vegetable in Odisha market, Food and Supplies Minister Surya Narayan Patro said on Monday. The average requirement of onion in the state is about 7 to 8 lakh tonnes a month. However, Patro said, the state […]
Bhubaneswar: With prices of Onion witnessing a sharp rise in last three to four days in Odisha, State Food Supplies minister Surya Narayan Patro today said that heavy rainfall and ongoing truckers’ strike are responsible for the surge in prices of the vegetable. Onion prices have risen to Rs 32-35 per kg from around Rs […]
Bhubaneswar: Taking cognizance of the sudden rise in onion prices, Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Department in its letter to all collectors warned that the rise in onion price will lure traders to resort to high profiteering which will further lead to public discontentment and asked them to take steps to curb such practice. Therefore, […]
Bhubaneswar: With the consumers in Odisha becoming onion-eyed, and when the Odisha Food & Consumer Welfare department is seemingly seen taking out an onion blaming the rise to humble monsoon rains elsewhere, a little peeling of the onion revealed how traders in the State are raking in the bucks by hoarding onions. Sample the arrival […]
Bhubaneswar: Even as the State Food and Civil Supplies Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain and onion traders in unison blame the rain and floods in Maharashtra for the steep rise in prices of the bulb crop, a reality check shows how the prices of locally produced onions in Odisha have been jacked up in the months […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government is exploring all possible measures to provide respite to people who are facing problems due to the steep rise in onion prices. Food and Civil Supplies Minister, Ranendra Pratap Swain on Thursday informed that the department secretary has left for New Delhi for talks with the Union Ministry over the onion crisis. […]
Bhubaneswar: No respite seems to be in sight for consumers as Odisha government seems to be in a fix on how to tame the rising prices of onions which have touched Rs 60 per kg. It seems Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare department secretary’s visit to New Delhi to hold discussions with the Centre and […]
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 possible steps but 30-40 per cent reduction in production and supply disruptions due to rains were the main cause for the price rise. Paswan said […]
Bhubaneswar: Onion prices that were hovering around Rs 20 per kg just a couple of months back, have now soared to eye-watering heights of Rs 80 at several places. While the government claims that the prices would ease soon, onion traders in Odisha feel that they will further rise and may even cross Rs 100 […]
Cuttack: With onion prices hovering around Rs 90, traders of Chhatra Bazar in Cuttack district anticipate that the price might reach Rs 100 a kilo in the coming days owing to several factors. Chhatra Bazar is the largest wholesale and retail vegetable mandi in Odisha. If the traders’ association is to be believed, no relief […]
Bhubaneswar: Onion price crisis seemed to have turned worse across Odisha with reports showing sale of the vegetable at a record high of Rs 100 per kilogram, have come to the fore from several parts of the State today. After hovering around Rs 50 to 60 per kg for quite some time, onion prices skyrocketed […]
New Delhi: With onion prices continuing to rule high at Rs 80-90 per kg, the government on Wednesday extended prohibitions on traders from the stocking of edible bulb across the country for an indefinite period. Separately, Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan did not say by when prices of onion will normalise. “It’s […]
Bhubaneswar: After prices of onions shot up to Rs 100 per kilogram in several places, the Congress workers today launched a unique protest against the unprecedented price rise and set up counters outside party office in Bhubaneswar where they sold onions at a much cheaper rate in comparison to the market price. The Master Canteen […]