date:Jun 15, 2017
.73 lakh metric tonnes in 2009-10 financial year, said sources from the National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED).
The average wholesale onion prices crashed in the range from Rs 350 to Rs 450 per quintal during the first 11 months of the financial year 2016-17. According to sources, there was a bumper production of onions in the country this year. There was an excess onion production of around 25 lakh metric tonne in the country.