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- Onion prices in India have risen by about 94% in a year, with the average retail price at ₹53.84 per kg on September 16 against ₹27.71 a year earlier.
- The government is selling buffer stock onions at ₹35 per kg through NCCF, NAFED, central stores and mobile vans, but open market rates in many places are ₹60-70 per kg.
- The government has extended buffer stock sales to 19 cities using Kanda Express trains, railway racks and more than 30 trucks.
- The government says there is no shortage of onions, estimating 2025-26 production at 307.37 lakh tonnes, but delayed kharif sowing in Nashik and Karnataka could slow the arrival of the new crop.
- Prices are likely to stay under pressure until government-rate onions reach more markets and the new kharif crop arrives, as this lean season between the rabi and kharif harvests is usually when onions turn costly.
What to watch next
- Whether buffer stock onion at ₹35/kg reaches more cities and pulls open market prices down
- Progress of kharif onion sowing and the arrival of the new crop in mandis
- Further release of buffer stock during the September-December lean season
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