Union authorities will promote onions at ₹35 per kg within the nationwide capital, a reduction of round 36% from the prevailing common retail value, because it seeks to supply reduction from excessive costs. File
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New Delhi
The Delhi authorities will procure onions and sugar from the Centre’s Nationwide Agricultural Cooperative Advertising and marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) and guarantee its availability throughout the Capital if costs rise additional, the Chief Minister’s Workplace (CMO) stated in an official launch on Tuesday.
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“A evaluate assembly on the provision and costs of onions and sugar in Delhi was held on Tuesday [August 25, 2026] underneath the chairmanship of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta. The assembly famous that there’s presently no scarcity of onions or sugar within the capital. Nevertheless, if costs rise additional, the Delhi authorities will make sure that residents wouldn’t have to bear the extra burden,” the CMO assertion stated.
In accordance with the CMO, onions and sugar might be bought on the procurement value, whereas the federal government will bear the transportation and different associated prices.
Meals and Provides Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa stated the Centre has prescribed inventory limits to stop the hoarding of sugar.
“The Delhi authorities will take motion if sugar is discovered to have been saved past the prescribed restrict. The division has additionally been directed to look at how sugar might be made accessible to folks at inexpensive charges,” the assertion stated.
Retail onion costs stood at ₹55 per kg within the metropolis on Tuesday (August 25, 2026), whereas sugar was retailing at ₹64 per kg, up from ₹63.05 per kg a day earlier.
Aid from Centre
The Union authorities will promote onions at ₹35 per kg within the nationwide capital, a reduction of round 36% from the prevailing common retail value, because it seeks to supply reduction from excessive costs. The primary consignment of 800 tonnes will attain the nationwide capital on Wednesday (August 26) through the Kanda Categorical.
The Centre is procuring onions from Maharashtra, a key onion-producing State, the place it has maintained a buffer inventory to cope with any value rise.
In a social media submit on Tuesday (August 25), Client Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare stated, “Kanda Categorical is bringing about 800 tonnes of onions to Delhi to be bought at ₹35 per kg at NAFED, NCCF and Kendriya Bhandar shops.”
Printed – August 25, 2026 09:39 pm IST
