'I don't eat onion': FM Nirmala Sitharaman on skyrocketing onion pricesUnion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, during the Lok Sabha's Winter session on Wednesday, said the onion price issue did not affect her much as she and her family didn't use this pungent vegetable bulb prominently in their diet. Her remarks came after an opposition leader made an interruption on the onion price issue while she was speaking about the same. Attributing shortage to low production, the ministe...

Her remarks came after an opposition leader made an interruption on the onion price issue while she was speaking about the same

The restaurant owners say the spike in onion prices has made it difficult for them to run their businesses prompting them to pass on to the burden to the patrons

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

Palm oil is crucial for Malaysian economy as it accounted for 2.8% of Malaysia's gross domestic product last year and 4.5% of total exports

October month's WPI is also lower than 5.54% recorded in the same month last year. It is also below 0.33% logged in September 2019

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The sharp rise in CPI is scary for borrowers both individual and corporate as the Reserve Bank of India targets retail inflation to fix the short-term repo rate

Retail inflation skyrocketed on the back of high vegetable prices. Last month saw exorbitant onion and tomato prices due to unseasonal rains, disruption in supply chain and acquisition restrictions on traders.

Onion price hike: Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has assured consumers that the government is taking all the necessary measures to contain the price rise

India's top vegetable oil trade body asked its members to stop buying Malaysian palm oil, after criticism by Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad on New Delhi's actions in the disputed region of Kashmir

India was Malaysia's third-largest export destination in 2018 for palm oil and palm-based products worth 6.84 billion ringgit ($1.63 billion)

This happens to be the fourteenth straight month where retail inflation has remained below the Reserve Bank of India's medium term target of 4 per cent