Onion prices have soared to `60 per kg in the retail market of the capital due to lower supply from producing regions.
Local vendors are selling onion, a politically sensitive item, at `55-60 per kg in Delhi, while rates are lower at organised retails.
At Mother Dairy’s 350 Safal stores in NCR, onion is being sold at `45 per kg. At MORE retail outlets, the edible bulb is available at `50 per kg. Onion supplies have substantially come down in Delhi to 6,000 quintal from 11,480 quintals ten days ago.
“Wholesale price of onion has touched `40-45 per kg. Arrival of onion from producing states has declined in last 8-10 days,” Azadpur Mandi’s Onion Merchant Traders’ Association president Surendra Budhiraj said. The new crop is expected from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in September-October, he added.
Concerned over the rising prices, Delhi government has already started selling onion vegetable at reasonable rates at 350 outlets across the city to provide relief to citizens.
Meanwhile, rates at Lasalgoan — the Asia’s biggest wholesale market for onion — have increased to `31.50 per kg from `24 per kg on July 31 as supplies have fall down.