The Centre on Thursday rolled out subsidised onion sales at Rs 24 per kg in Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad to make the kitchen staple affordable for households. Union Food Minister Pralhad Joshi flagged off mobile vans for the initiative, announcing that around 25 tonnes of onions from the government’s buffer stock would be sold in these cities through cooperative agencies, including Nafed, NCCF and Kendriya Bhandar. Joshi said onions will be sold at Rs 24 per kg wherever retail prices exceed Rs 30 per kg. The subsidised sale will expand to Chennai, Guwahati and Kolkata from Friday and will continue until December. As per official data, the all-India average retail price of onions stood at Rs 28 per kg on Thursday, with some cities recording higher prices.
