date:Feb 12, 2020
ing to compensate from the onion crop.
The central government banned the export of onions last year as prices began to surge. Onion farmers, who have been holding protests at Lasalgaon for the past several days, say the government should allow exports to resume before prices fall to last years low of one rupee a kilogram in the wholesale market.
The central government had even imported onions from global suppliers like Egypt to help moderate prices. Meanwhile, the fall in wholesale prices is