date:May 20, 2015
Onion prices have started moving up gradually, with arrivals having reduced, ahead of the kharif sowing.
However, despite forecasts of below-average rain this year, prices are currently expected to behave normally, as the eastern states are promoting sowing of onion this season. Knowledgeable sources say sowing in these states could go up by 10-20 per cent, depending upon the monsoon. These states together, though, produce hardly 10 per cent of the total crop; their demand is much higher and th