Maharashtra: Price of onions may soon cross Rs 50-mark

Mumbai | Wednesday | 17th October, 2018

Summary:

Amidst festivities, onion prices are likely to cross the Rs 50-mark soon. Nanasaheb Patil, chairman of Asia's largest onion market, Lasalgaon in Nashik confirmed drying onion supply. Supply of onions has drastically decreased that has resulted in a rise in onion prices by 100 per cent in a week. "We are getting onions mainly from Nashik and Pune. "I was expecting the bumper crops but my onion production will go down by almost 30-40%..