While good quality onions were priced at Rs 15,000 per 100 kilogram, normal and low quality was sold at Rs 6,000 per 100 kg

Holding banners and shouting slogans demanding that the government reduce the prices and \"stop harassing\" the poor, the Congress MPs protested with a basket full of onions

The Centre has already banned onion exports and decided to import 1.2 lakh tonnes of onions, besides imposing stock holding limit on traders

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The lowest price of Rs 38 per kg of the bulb was reported from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, the Consumer Affairs Ministry data showed

In a letter to Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, Delhi Food and Civil Supplies Minister Imran Hussain said a government should not be seen as making profit motive over an essential commodity

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The government is also facilitating private imports and also relaxed phytosanitary and fumigation norms till December

While state-owned trading firm MMTC will import onions, cooperative Nafed will supply the key kitchen items in the domestic market

The intermittent rains have lashed key onion growing zones such as Nashik, Ahmednagar and Pune in the last two weeks causing extensive damage to the staple crops

Speaking at World Economic Forum (WEF) India Summit, Hasina said that Bangladesh has the most liberal investment policy in South Asia, and it includes protection of foreign investment by law; generous tax holiday; concessionary duty on import of machinery and unrestricted exit policy