By TIOL News Service

NEW DELHI, DEC 07, 2019: GOVERNMENT has approved import/ procurement of upto 1.2 lakh tonnes of onions to check the ongoing price rise. MMTC has been directed to import upto 1 lakh tonne onions through global/ country-specific import tenders.

Details of onion as procured/ imported by Government in the last five years is given as follows:-

Onion are highly perishable commodity that is prone to weight and moisture loss, quality deterioration, sprouting, losses in grading and separation etc.

This information was given in a written reply by the Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Mr. Danve Raosaheb Dadarao in Rajya Sabha yesterday.