Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said in Lok Sabha that the Government has taken a host of measures including imports to deal with the rising prices of onion.
She said there are several structural issues related to storage of onions and the government is trying to addressed them. The Minister was replying to the debate on the first batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants. Prices of onions prices in many places have crossed Rs 100 per kg because of shortage.
Steps taken by the government to check rising prices of onion include ban on exports, imposition of stock limit, import and transfer of onion from surplus to deficit area.
She also said due to implementation of direct benefit transfer scheme, the Government has been able to save Rs 1.41 lakh crore in the last five years.