'I came to know that there was a big racket going on in the selling of onions. Private players were hoarding onions and these things cannot happen unless they have political patronage.' IMAGE: An......
The government will "revamp" the Small Farmers Agri-business Consortium to convert it into a venture capital fund, finance minister P Chidambaram said on Friday. \nThis step is being taken to......
The reforms will help FPOs procure directly from farmers, something that they have been pressing for long. Shubendhu Dash, a project director working with a couple of farmer-producer organisations......
Retail onion prices had jumped to almost Rs 70 per kg in many cities in August and September An analysis by the NITI Aayog on this year’s onion crisis shows traders could have milked Rs 8,000......
The retail prices are still ruling high up to Rs 80 per kg Wholesale onion prices at Lasalgaon in Maharashtra, Asia's biggest bulb market, today fell further by Rs 3 per kg to Rs 45 on......
Traders say prices will remain elevated due to increased demand, lower availability Onion prices saw a remarkable jump, hitting an eight-month high on account of a sharp increase in demand by......