India, Sept. 25 -- Onion prices are in the news once again. There's good reason for that. In Delhi's Azadpur fruit and vegetable market, one of the biggest in the country, it is cheaper to buy some varieties of apples than onions. The highest priced Red Gold apples from Himachal Pradesh were selling at around Rs 34/kg on September 25, 2019, while onions from Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh were priced at Rs 41/kg and Rs 39/kg respectively. According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy's (CMIE) database, the average annual growth in wholesale onion prices in the past four weeks has been 67%. This figure suggests that there is more to the current price hike than just seasonality....