Nashik Onion Traders

Amid the spiralling onion prices across the country, a trader in Maharashtra's Nashik complained to Madhya Pradesh Police that his onion consignment worth up to Rs 22 lakh was stolen.

Onions saw a spike in prices over the last two weeks and much of it has to do with what happens in Maharashtra and Lassalgaon where most of the onion grown in Nashik is traded and sent to different parts of the country. Prices have now fallen but are yet to stabilize. The volatility in prices, traders say, will continue till the end of this month a...

Within moments of our entering Lasalgaon, the biggest of Nashik's 14 onion mandis, a crowd surrounds us. It is the time of auction; farmers have pulled up in tractors and tempos laden with onions, traders walk from vehicle to vehicle assessing the produce before the bids are placed.

Onion auction resumed in Nashik on Wednesday at all 15 Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMC) in the district after traders 'called off their two-day strike over the issue of payment of porters'.

Onion traders in Maharashtra's Nashik district have 'stayed' their strike and onion auctions of will resume on Wednesday after a gap of two days.

Retail prices of onion are likely to soften soon, as wholesale rates came down yesterday by Rs 10 per kilogram with the edible bulb imported from Afghanistan arriving in markets.

The Nashik onion traders have called off their two-day strike and trading will begin from Tuesday at Lasalgaon.The traders from India's largest onion market were protesting the Income Tax Raids that were conducted.Income tax department on Saturday raided houses and godowns of four onion traders -- two in Lasalgaon and one each at Nashik and Pimpalg...

Amid the spiralling onion prices across the country, a trader in Maharashtra's Nashik complained to Madhya Pradesh Police that his onion consignment worth up to Rs 22 lakh was stolen.

Onions saw a spike in prices over the last two weeks and much of it has to do with what happens in Maharashtra and Lassalgaon where most of the onion grown in Nashik is traded and sent to different parts of the country. Prices have now fallen but are yet to stabilize. The volatility in prices, traders say, will continue till the end of this month a...

Within moments of our entering Lasalgaon, the biggest of Nashik's 14 onion mandis, a crowd surrounds us. It is the time of auction; farmers have pulled up in tractors and tempos laden with onions, traders walk from vehicle to vehicle assessing the produce before the bids are placed.

Onion auction resumed in Nashik on Wednesday at all 15 Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMC) in the district after traders 'called off their two-day strike over the issue of payment of porters'.

Onion traders in Maharashtra's Nashik district have 'stayed' their strike and onion auctions of will resume on Wednesday after a gap of two days.

Retail prices of onion are likely to soften soon, as wholesale rates came down yesterday by Rs 10 per kilogram with the edible bulb imported from Afghanistan arriving in markets.

The Nashik onion traders have called off their two-day strike and trading will begin from Tuesday at Lasalgaon.The traders from India's largest onion market were protesting the Income Tax Raids that were conducted.Income tax department on Saturday raided houses and godowns of four onion traders -- two in Lasalgaon and one each at Nashik and Pimpalg...