Govt to release higher quantities of onions at subsidised rate in retail market

Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on November 2, 2023
After realising that government intervention of selling onion in retail market has made a better impact on cooling prices, the consumer affairs ministry will now sell higher quantities of onions at subsidised rate of Rs 25 a kg in the targeted cities from its buffer stock rather than releasing them in the wholesale market. Union...

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Published on November 1, 2023 -  01:31
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