date:Sep 06, 2015
ing prices a particularly sensitive political issue. A hundred kilos of onions cost an average 3,800 rupees (US$57) in the main Lasalgaon wholesale market in August, about double from a month earlier. Supplies dropped by about 70 per cent in that time, in part due to unseasonal rains.
With elections coming up in key states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has rushed to boost imports, raise minimum export prices and crack down on hoarders who fuel speculation and exacerbate price moves