Bhubaneswar, Oct. 21 -- New Delhi: Concerned over the rising price of onions, the Centre on Wednesday relaxed the norms for import of onions while deciding to release the crop from the buffer stock in a calibrated manner.

The government has built a buffer stock of onions from the Rabi season this year. In order to moderate prices, onion from the buffer stock is being released in a calibrated manner from the second half of September to the major mandis and retail suppliers such as Safal, Kendriya Bhandar and NCCF and also to the state governments, the Centre said while adding that more will be done in the coming days.

Meanwhile, to facilitate the import of onions, the government has relaxed the conditions for fumigation and additional de...