Sharad Pawar Says Country Needs Comprehensive Policy To Tackle Onion Price Rise

Sharad Pawar has requested the onion traders of Nashik to reopen auctioning of onions in APMCs. He attributed the rise in its prices to Centre's decisions to ban onion export and limiting the stocking up of onions by traders. He further said that he will speak with the Centre regarding the decisions and added that a comprehensive policy was the need. He also slammed the Centre for dropping onion from essential commodities list.