The government has sold about 4000 tonnes of buffer onions across 17 cities in the first 10 days of a subsidised sale aimed at <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/bmc-commissioner-defends-higher-fsi-says-it-will-reduce-prices-of-homes-16006163" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">curbing skyrocketing prices</a>.
The Centre, through its agencies NCCF and Nafed, is sitting on a buffer stock of 1.21 lakh tonnes of onion for 2026.&nbsp;
These agencies are transporting the stored onions in bulk from producing states to consuming centres, either by a dedicated rail rake christened <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/maharashtra-nashik-onions-to-reach-delhi-on-kanda-express-amid-rising-prices-23646548" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">&ldquo;Kanda Express&rdquo;</a> or by trucks, as part of a retail intervention aimed at cooling prices.&nbsp;
Onions are being sold at a subsidised rate of Rs 35 per kg in select price-sensitive cities.
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