With onion prices soaring in the national Capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal accused the Centre on Wednesday of stopping the supply of the kitchen staple at controlled price to the Delhi Government.
The Chief Minister said “It is sad that the Central Government has stopped the supply of onions to the city for the last two-three days. He said that after getting onions from the Centre, the Delhi Government sells it at various places in the city. We will write to the Central Government to continue the supply of onion (to the Delhi Government),” he said.
Onion price in the national Capital has again increased from Rs 40-50 per kg to nearly Rs 90-100 a kg over the past few days.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government as part of immediate measures sold onions at Rs 24 a kg across the city through fair price shops and mobile vans.
Delhi Government had also constituted a high level Price Stabilisation Fund Management Committee under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary with Principal Secretary (Finance), Commissioner (F&S), Development Commissioner, Divisional Commissioner and Director (Agricultural Marketing) and Director (Planning) as other members to suggest market intervention for checking the prices of essential commodities.
According to sources, production of Kharif (summer) onion has been affected due to floods, due to which the area sown under the crop is 10 percent less.
This is likely to affect production, which is likely to hit the market from November onwards.