Inflation hits the festival: After tomatoes, onions can make you cry, prices double in a month
Onion price surge: In the month of September, there has been heavy rain in onion-producing areas. Due to this, there has been a lot of to the crop and many diseases have also occurred in it.
Sunil Shukla 
The general public of the country is troubled by the inflation of tomatoes, now onion prices are also preparing to make them cry. Onion prices have doubled in the wholesale market in the last month. Traders say that this time onion will remain expensive in the festive season and relief is not expected before mid-January.
Due to heavy rains in many onion-producing areas of the country, the summer crop of onion has suffered heavy losses and sowing of the winter crop has been delayed. It is worth noting that earlier there was news of a significant increase in the prices of tomatoes. In Kolkata, the tomato has reached Rs 93 a kg in the retail market.
ever-increasing prices
According to the report of news agency Reuters, the wholesale price of onion has almost doubled to Rs 33,400 per tonne in a month in Lasalgaon, a major producing region of Maharashtra. The retail price of onion in Mumbai has also gone up to Rs 50 per kg. The export of onions is still open, but if the prices continue to rise like this, then the government can ban the export again.
Significantly, the price of onions has been a very politically sensitive issue. Every year the price of onion reaches a record high for a few months due to this reason and again this year the prices are going upwards.
heavy damage to the crop
Experts say that this time there has been heavy rain in the onion-producing areas in the month of September. Due to this, there has been a lot of damage to the crop and many diseases have also occurred in it. Major onion-producing states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Karnataka have received 268 percent more rainfall than normal in September.
Traders say that this time onion will remain expensive in the festive season and relief is not expected before mid-January. A new crop will come in January.
