Onion Traders Strike

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.

As onion prices came crashing down, business has stopped at the Lasalgaon market - the largest onion market in the country. Farmers and traders went on an indefinite strike demanding the ban on exports be lifted. ''The supply of onions is more than what the demand is. That is the reason the prices have fallen,'' said Santosh Suryavanshi, an onion t...

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...

Onion traders in the Capital have called off their strike after talks with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit."We will see how we can address traders' concerns. Onion Prices should come down in two, three days," said the Delhi Chief Minister.The Chief Minister had called an emergency meeting after the traders in Azadpur Mandi began a strike today ...

Onion and tomato prices may increase further as traders in Azadpur Mandi in Delhi have gone on a strike from today against tax raids, even as the state government has threatened to invoke the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) against them.The traders at Azadpur, Asia's biggest vegetable and fruit market, are protesting against the income ta...

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...

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.

As onion prices came crashing down, business has stopped at the Lasalgaon market - the largest onion market in the country. Farmers and traders went on an indefinite strike demanding the ban on exports be lifted. ''The supply of onions is more than what the demand is. That is the reason the prices have fallen,'' said Santosh Suryavanshi, an onion t...

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...

Onion traders in the Capital have called off their strike after talks with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit."We will see how we can address traders' concerns. Onion Prices should come down in two, three days," said the Delhi Chief Minister.The Chief Minister had called an emergency meeting after the traders in Azadpur Mandi began a strike today ...

Onion and tomato prices may increase further as traders in Azadpur Mandi in Delhi have gone on a strike from today against tax raids, even as the state government has threatened to invoke the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) against them.The traders at Azadpur, Asia's biggest vegetable and fruit market, are protesting against the income ta...

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...