Mumbai, Nov. 6 -- The retail price of onion has touched Rs 80/kg in the national capital despite the central government's measures to boost supply and contain price rise.
Onion prices are ruling high for more than a month in Delhi-NCR due to supply disruption following heavy rains in growing states like Maharashtra.
As per the official data, rates stood at Rs 55/kg on October 1. Onions were once sold at Rs 30-35/kg in retail markets in November 2018
''Again it's the same scenario for us like it was few months before. The prices have gone to 1oo/kg, now you imagine, how vegetables are going to be without onion?,'' said Devesh Rai, an office goer told KNN India.
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