Onion prices bring tears to consumer’s eyes

Bengaluru | Friday | 24th November, 2017

Summary:

The average price of beetroot, which was around ?55 last month, has gone up to ?70 in November. more-inThe price of onion has seen a steep increase within a month. Onion harvest season in Karnataka starts from September and the crop floods the local markets till December. However, this year, the crop from Karnataka has almost stopped reaching the markets and now Karnataka is dependant on other States. Instead of sowing in June, most farmers in the Chitradurga-Hubballi-Belagavi belt sowed onion in the second half of August..