Onion prices to fall as fifth shipment of 720 tonnes to reach Delhi on November 21

Another caller shipment of 720 metric tonnes (MT) of onions is astir to scope Delhi by tomorrow, November 21, Centre said. In the past 1 month, 4 shipments of 4,010 tonnes of onions person already been transported to the superior for retail merchantability astatine Rs 35 per kg.

The accomplishment of onions successful bulk shipments had a important interaction connected bulb prices successful Delhi, some astatine mandi and retail, according to an authoritative statement.

Bulk shipments of onions to different cities

Besides Delhi, bulk shipments of onions person besides been sent to Chennai and Guwahati recently. On October 23, 2024, 840 MT of bulb had been dispatched from Nashik by obstruction rake which arrived astatine Chennai connected 26th October 2024.

A shipment of 840 MT bulb by obstruction rake arrived astatine Changsari Station successful Guwahati connected November 5, 2024, which was distributed successful assorted districts of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and different NE States. Another shipment of 840 MT by obstruction rake to Guwahati, Assam is planned for this week. Bulk shipment to Guwahati volition augment the availability of onions successful the NE Region and stabilise the bulb prices successful the region. Further, 1 much shipment of 840 MT by obstruction rake to Amausi, Lucknow is expected successful different 2/3 days, with the commencement of loading tomorrow.

The authorities volition besides merchandise onions from Sonipat acold retention to cater to Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, and Delhi.

Of the 4.7 lakh tonnes of buffer banal maintained this year, the authorities has already disposed of 1.50 lakh tonnes.

The authorities has decided to upscale the bulb disposal successful bid to code impermanent constraints successful bulb proviso observed successful definite markets successful the past 2/3 days owing to festival play and the closure of mandis.

A look astatine bulb accumulation this year

According to the Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, the existent kharif sown country this twelvemonth was 3.82 lakh hectares, which is 34 per cent higher than the 2.85 lakh hectare sown the erstwhile year. Sowing advancement for precocious Kharif bulb is besides reported to beryllium normal, with sum of 1.28 lakh hectares done the archetypal week of November. More kharif onions arriving successful the markets on with accrued disposal of buffer stocks and besides bully sowing advancement of precocious kharif volition guarantee availability of onions to the consumers astatine affordable prices.