The retail prices of onion have doubled in the state over the past few days. It is the shortage in supply that is being blamed for price hike. From ₹30 per kg on Monday, retail prices of the onion, on Thursday, crossed ₹65 per kg in major cities of the state.
In big retail outlets, the price has already gone past ₹70 per kg. In the beginning of the month, the average retail price of onion was only ₹25 per kg.
In Ludhiana, the retail price of onion stood at ₹60 per kg on Thursday. It was ₹80 per kg in Sangrur, ₹70 per kg in Patiala and more than ₹60 per kg in Amritsar.
Onion traders in the state said the wholesale price of onion was between ₹5,000 to ₹5,500 per quintal on Thursday against ₹3,500 per quintal, last week.
As per the price monitoring division of the ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution, the current average retail price of onion was ₹48.23 per kg while it was ₹36.32 per kg, last week.
As per experts, there was a delay in the arrival of onion in vegetable markets of Maharashtra from where it is supplied to other states. Maharashtra is the biggest onion producing state in the country.
{{/usCountry}}As per experts, there was a delay in the arrival of onion in vegetable markets of Maharashtra from where it is supplied to other states. Maharashtra is the biggest onion producing state in the country.
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