Onions will be available at a subsidised rate of ₹35 a kg around half the market rate and more cities will be covered soon. With onion prices skyrocketing, the Centre has started selling the staple vegetable directly to consumers at ₹35 per kg, keeping in mind the current market prices even as its acquisition cost is about ₹28. The government has a stockpile of nearly 500,000 tonne of onion. It buys the commodity from farmers at a mutually agreed price.
The subsidised onions will be sold in Delhi NCR and Mumbai in the first phase. In the second phase, they will be sold in the capital cities of different states and in the third phase, which will be rolled out in the third week of September, onions at discounted rates will be sold across the country. The subsidised onions will be sold through various platforms including stores and vans.
Presentation- Dibyabharati Nayak
