Onion Hoarders

Asserting that the Uttar Pradesh government was taking all possible steps to control the prices of essential products like potatoes, onions, and pulses in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday ordered the authorities to take strict action against hoarders, a press release said.

Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today warned hoarders and black marketers against stocking onions to further escalate its prices as the vegetable supply remained limited due to recent floods in main-growing states like Maharasthra and Karnataka.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday asked officials to crack down on hoarders and black marketers who were responsible for the escalation of prices of onions and tomatoes in the market.

With onion prices rising up to Rs 80 per kg in the national capital, Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today blamed the Delhi government for not taking adequate action against hoarders for spiraling the prices.

With onion prices soaring in Delhi, the food and supplies department on Tuesday cracked down on hoarders and black marketers, in an effort to control the spiraling prices. Over 50 teams from the department conducted raids at 500 places and slapped cases against the alleged hoarders under the Essential Commodities Act.

Amid protests from vegetable merchants over tax raids, the I-T department has unearthedunaccounted money worth over Rs 7 crore from Punjab-based wholesale vegetable merchants, said an official.The money was unearthed by authorities during a survey conducted last week to check commodity hoarding in the wake of soaring onion prices."About Rs 7.25 cro...

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...

Soaring onion prices have not just left consumers teary-eyed but the government very worried. In a bid to bring down prices, the Income Tax department raided onion hoarders across the country.Raids were conducted at 17 places across 12 districts in Bihar and Jharkhand. Reports of raids also came in from Kolay Market in Sealdah and from Asansol. The...

Asserting that the Uttar Pradesh government was taking all possible steps to control the prices of essential products like potatoes, onions, and pulses in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday ordered the authorities to take strict action against hoarders, a press release said.

Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today warned hoarders and black marketers against stocking onions to further escalate its prices as the vegetable supply remained limited due to recent floods in main-growing states like Maharasthra and Karnataka.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday asked officials to crack down on hoarders and black marketers who were responsible for the escalation of prices of onions and tomatoes in the market.

With onion prices rising up to Rs 80 per kg in the national capital, Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today blamed the Delhi government for not taking adequate action against hoarders for spiraling the prices.

With onion prices soaring in Delhi, the food and supplies department on Tuesday cracked down on hoarders and black marketers, in an effort to control the spiraling prices. Over 50 teams from the department conducted raids at 500 places and slapped cases against the alleged hoarders under the Essential Commodities Act.

Amid protests from vegetable merchants over tax raids, the I-T department has unearthedunaccounted money worth over Rs 7 crore from Punjab-based wholesale vegetable merchants, said an official.The money was unearthed by authorities during a survey conducted last week to check commodity hoarding in the wake of soaring onion prices."About Rs 7.25 cro...

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...

Soaring onion prices have not just left consumers teary-eyed but the government very worried. In a bid to bring down prices, the Income Tax department raided onion hoarders across the country.Raids were conducted at 17 places across 12 districts in Bihar and Jharkhand. Reports of raids also came in from Kolay Market in Sealdah and from Asansol. The...