Onion ready to cry once more, prices have increased more than double

The onion is ready to roll once again. The effect of unseasonal rains and rising prices of petrol-diesel is that onion prices have increased more than double in a month. The onion which was being sold at the beginning of the year at Rs 25-30 per kg, today the same onion has crossed Rs 60 per kg in some cities. Hyderabad has seen the biggest jump in onion prices in the last one month.

Heavy onion price rise

According to the data given on the website of the Ministry of Consumer, on 11 January 2021, the price of one kg onion in Hyderabad was Rs 34. Now it has risen to 60 rupees with a jump of 26 rupees. Onion, onion has become costlier by Rs 19 in Delhi, 20 in Meerut, 14 in Mumbai, 14 in Mumbai, 10 in Shillong, 7 in Dehradun, 5 in Ranchi and 3 in Patna, compared to 11 January. Onion, in Nashik, Rajkot, Warangal, Kolkata, Nagpur, onion has become cheaper by Rs 15 per kg.

Talking about Delhi, onion is currently being sold in retail at Rs 50-60 per kg. In Ghazipur mandi, onion usually sells for 30 to 35 rupees a kg, but now the price has gone up to 40 to 45 rupees a kg. The new onion will start coming in the first week of March, after which prices are expected to come down.

Price of potato dropped by 3 rupees

At the same time, the price of potato in wholesale mandis has fallen by 3 rupees, due to which farmers have to sell potatoes at a small price, making it difficult for them to extract the cost of potato cultivation. The wholesale price of potato in Azadpur Mandi, Delhi, capital of the country today was 3 to 8 rupees per kg while the model rate of potato in the mandi was Rs 5.25 per kg.

Potato model rate is less than half of last year. The model rate of potato in Azadpur mandi on February 12 last year was Rs 10.75 per kg.

Difficult to extract costs for farmers

Rajendra Sharma, businessman of Azadpur mandi and general secretary of Potato and Onion Merchant Association said that it has become difficult for farmers to extract the cost of potato cultivation. When asked about the reason for the fall in potato prices, he said that due to the high price of potato during October-November last year, farmers showed interest in its cultivation with the hope of getting a good price, so the supply has fallen due to high supply .