Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reacted over onion price hike across the country. “Onions are a fast perishable commodity. Due to rain in some places, flooding in some other, crop extent was less and hence the less output. Due to this, it has gone out of a certain reasonable level. Government is taking steps to import and bring onions to the market as soon as possible, said Finance Minister,” said FM Sitharaman. Finance Minister further added, “The price of onions has started going down at several places. It is not completely less, but it is going down. We've had a Group of Ministers' meeting which is reviewing on almost every 1-2 days' gap basis and deciding on how to further take up the import related issues.”
