Govt imposes 40 per cent duty on onion exports till December 31
Business | August 19, 2023 20:10 ISTThe export duty comes amid reports that onion prices are likely to rise in September.
The export duty comes amid reports that onion prices are likely to rise in September.
You can use onion for hair in many ways. For this, all you have to do is extract onion juice and apply it directly to your hair.
"This is an insult to me and other onion-growers in the state. If we get such returns, how will we survive?" asked the farmer who got only Rs 2.49 after selling 512 kg of onions.
Onion tea is very beneficial for good heart health and helps in controlling high cholesterol levels. Onions have flavonoids that help reduce low-density lipoprotein or say bad cholesterol.
Onion and Garlic Peel Benefits: The papery coverings of onion and garlic may seem like a waste but you would be surprised to know that they are packed with many health benefits.
Delhi man named Ubaidu ordered onion rings online and what he received has left netizens with hilarious laughs. Watch the viral video here!
During Navratri, often people give up eating onion and garlic for nine days. But do you know why? There are both mythological and scitific reasons behind it. Continue readin to know onion and garlic are avoided during Navratri.
As we know, Navratri is soon to begin, and everyone will prepare meals without adding garlic and onion to their food. So, here are we to solve your problem of what to cook during the fasting period of nine days with several other ingredients and yet make it delicious.
Onion stocks are being released in the market on the first-in-first-out basis in a calibrated manner from the last week of August in a bid to moderate prices and ensure minimum storage loss, it said.
To control the rising price of onion and potato, the West Bengal government has issued a directive that no wholesale dealer will be allowed to storemore than 25 MT and those having small businesses not more than two MT of two the vegetables, an official said on Friday.
Onion, a politically-sensitive commodity, remained costliest in the retail markets of Bengaluru at Rs 100 per kg on Monday despite Karnataka being the third-largest producer of the kitchen staple in the country, according to government data.
The Goa government will procure 1,045 metric tonnes of onion from an agency in Maharashtra's Nashik district and supply the staple to 3.5 lakh ration card holders at a subsidised rate, a senior official said on Saturday.
Wholesale onion prices fell by up to Rs 10 per kg in key consuming markets such as Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai with increase in arrival of the perishable commodity after the government imposed stock limits on traders to check hoarding and price rise, government data showed.
The Telangana government on Saturday decided to sell onions at Rs 35 per kilo at the government-run 'Rythu Bazaars' here in the wake of a sharp rise in the price of the edible bulb in the open market.
The government has imposed a stock holding limit on onion traders to check prices, the Consumer Affairs Secretary Leena Nandan said on Friday.
The government on Monday banned the export of onions with immediate effect. The move aimed at increasing the availability and checking price of the commodity in the domestic market.
The government will allow export of onions from March 15 in the interest of farmers, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday.
Wholesale prices-based inflation accelerated to a 10-month high of 3.10 per cent in January mainly due to costlier food articles, particulary onion and potato, official data showed on Friday.
Releasing its first forecast, the Agriculture Ministry said onion crops has been grown in 12.93 lakh hectare in the 2019-20 crop year (July-June), slightly higher than 12.20 lakh hectare achieved during the previous year.
To boost domestic supply and contain price rise, the government is importing onion through state-owned MMTC and also facilitating private imports.
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