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The export prohibition has been imposed to ensure adequate domestic availability against the backdrop of estimated lower Kharif and Rabi crops in 2023-24 compared to the previous year.
The report disclosed that the price of a vegetable thali rose to Rs 27.3 per plate in March.
While retail prices of onion ranged between Rs 25-30/kg across the country, its wholesale market rates continued to slide unabated.
Piyush Goyal: Goyal, who is heading the food and consumer affairs ministry, asserted that the Modi government would continue to take measures to ensure that there is no stress on the household budget of "our Nari-Shakti". He highlighted that the government has spent in the last few years about Rs 28,000 crore to the price stabilisation fund to support the effort to fight against food inflation.
Govt has allowed export of 50,000 tonnes of onion to Bangladesh, 1,200 tonnes to Mauritius, 3,000 tonnes of Bahrain and 560 tonnes to Bhutan with immediate effect, Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh tells PTI