Onion export ban to be reviewed
An empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on food headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to review on Tuesday the ban on onion exports, sources said Monday.
Earlier this month, the minist
Veggies keep food inflation high
New Delhi: Even as India's annual food inflation based on wholesale prices fell to to 15.52 per cent for the week ended on January 8, high prices continued to pinch people at large with onions 100 per
Cooking oil prices surge 62pc as common man faces fresh crisis
Adding to the woes of the common man who is reeling under high prices of veggies like Onion, cooking oil prices have surged by upto 62 per cent in last one year, hurting the household budget of con
Inflation: Worried PM calls for meeting
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has convened a meeting on Tuesday on high food prices even as Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said the government has no control over high vegetable prices.
Pak bans onion export to India via land, prices could soar
Chandigarh: Pakistan has imposed a complete ban on the export of onion to India via Wagah-Attari land route, a development which may hit Centre's efforts in rein in skyrocketing prices of bulb in th
Food inflation soars to 18.32%
New Delhi: Food inflation shot up to nearly a year's high of 18.32 per cent on December 25, due to spurt in vegetables, onion and milk prices, increasing pressure on government and RBI to intervene.
Onion prices to ease by mid-January
Onion prices will see a sharp fall by Jan 20, an association of Delhi's wholesale traders said Monday.
This will be because of the arrival of fresh crops, said Rajan Sharma, general secretary of the
Onion prices dip, will be in control soon: Pranab
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said prices of onions have come down from the sky-high levels seen earlier this week and the situation will be in control soon, as the government is taking
Don't overstock onions, traders appeal
New Delhi: A grouping of traders on Thursday urged people not to stock up onions, saying prices were set to fall.
The Azadpur Agriculture Product Market Committee (APMC) said since the central govern
Household budgets hit with veggie price rise
New Delhi: When Kamala Devi moved to Delhi from Bihar 10 years back, hoping for a better life, she never thought that some day she would want to go back home. But burdened under the rising prices of v