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Buffer stock
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Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Markets, IndiaAfter months of government efforts, onion prices have started to fall: Piyush GoyalFood minister Piyush Goyal said onion prices have begun to fall after the government eased import norms, released stocks and banned exports, and set out steps to cool potato and pulse prices.
- Policy & trade, IndiaGovernment gives a 3-day window to traders to meet onion stock limitsThe Centre has asked states to give onion traders three days from purchase before stock limits of 25 tonnes for wholesalers and 2 tonnes for retailers apply, as it tries to curb prices.
- Policy & trade, IndiaOne lakh tonnes of onion buffer stock to be released: Mr Narendra Singh TomarNarendra Singh Tomar said one lakh tonnes of onion buffer stock is being released through NAFED to curb rising prices, and accused Congress of double standards on farm laws.
- Markets, IndiaBidding to be done for supply of 15,000 tonnes of imported red onions by November 20NAFED invited importers to bid to supply 15,000 tonnes of imported red onions by November 20 to bolster domestic supply as its buffer stock depleted.
- Markets, IndiaOnion prices at varied rates in the country; highest and lowest at Rs 100 per kg and Rs 35 per kgRetail onion prices across 114 cities ranged from Rs 100 a kg in Bengaluru to Rs 35 in Udaipur and Rampurhat, with an all-India average of Rs 70 on 2 November.