If you can't afford onions, don't eat for 2-4 months: Maha Min

Amid protests by farmers and traders against the Centre's decision to impose 40 per cent export duty on onions, Maharashtra minister Dada Bhuse has claimed it would make no difference if people did......

Is Sharad Pawar Buying Insurance?

Sharad Pawar reckons that the NCP has value as a united, going concern, not as a gaggle of leaders in search of followers, notes Shreekant Sambrani. IMAGE: Sharad Pawar, who stepped down as......

Angry Maharashtra farmer burns onion crop

Distressed by the crash in prices of onions, a farmer in Nashik district of Maharashtra lit a bonfire of the crop in protest against the government's policies and to highlight the plight of......

'Farmers are not enjoying any freedom'

'We will be hoisting the tiranga, but this kind of celebration is uncalled for when the farmers in this country are dying by suicides, their families are ravaged by poverty and farmers are not......

Govt to procure 200K-tonne onions amid farmer protest

Barely days after imposing a 40 per cent export tax on onions to cool down soaring prices, which, in turn, triggered widespread protests across the main growing belts, the Centre on Tuesday sought......

Tomato prices may soften from Dec

All India average retail tomato price, which has shot up by 63 per cent to Rs 67 per kg over the last year due to unseasonal rains, are likely to soften from December with the arrival of fresh crop......

Prices of tomatoes, onions and potatoes to remain benign

Several experts are of the view that inflationary pressure, including that in food items, may build from October with economic activity gathering steam. However, the price movement in three key......

The coming vegetable crisis

There have been several instances of traders dumping fruits and vegetables outside mandis.Or of farmers dumping produce outside their villages or feeding them to their animals.Somesh Jha, Rajesh......