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Govt sells around 4,000 tonnes of buffer onions across 17 cities to curb skyrocketing prices
Sep-07-2026

With an aim to curb skyrocketing prices, Consumer Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare said that the government has sold about 4,000 tonnes of buffer onions across 17 cities in the first ten days of a subsidised sale. The Centre, through its agencies NCCF (National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India) and Nafed (National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India), is sitting on a buffer stock of 1.21 lakh tonnes of onion for 2026.

These agencies are transporting the stored onions in bulk from producing states to consuming centres, either by a dedicated rail rake christened “Kanda Express” or by trucks, as part of a retail intervention aimed at cooling prices. Onions are being sold at a subsidised rate of Rs 35 per kg in select price-sensitive cities. Khare said bulk consignments have already reached Delhi and Chennai via the Kanda Express, and a third rake is now being loaded for dispatch to Guwahati in the coming days. She noted that the rabi onion crop, typically stored for release later in the year, had suffered some damage during harvesting due to untimely rains.

Data maintained by the Department of Consumer Affairs shows the average all-India retail price of onion stood at Rs 50.79 per kg compared with Rs 48.5 per kg when the subsidised sale was launched on August 28. On September 5, onion was retailing at Rs 58 per kg in Delhi, Rs 53 per kg in Mumbai, Rs 63 per kg in Chennai and Rs 40 per kg in Ranchi, while the average wholesale price stood at Rs 42.79 per kg.
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