Centre To Begin Onion Sale At This Rate In Delhi From Thursday

The Centre on Thursday began the first phase of retail sales of onion at a subsidised rate of Rs 35 per kg to provide relief to Delhi-NCR and Mumbai consumers from rising prices of the kitchen staple.

“Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution & New and Renewable Energy, Shri Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi launched the retail sale of onion at Rs 35 per kg by flagging off mobile vans of National Cooperative Consumer’s Federation of India Ltd. (NCCF) and National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) deployed for the sale here, today.

The event marked the commencement of calibrated and targeted release of onion from the government buffer to make the essential vegetable available to consumers at affordable prices,” the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution said in a statement.