The government has sold about 4,000 tonnes of buffer onions across 17 cities in the first ten days of a subsidised sale aimed at curbing skyrocketing prices, Consumer Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare said on Sunday.
The Centre, through its agencies NCCF and Nafed, is sitting on a buffer stock of 1.21 lakh tonnes of onion for 2026.
These agencies are transporting the stored onions in bulk from producing states to consuming centres, either by a dedicated rail rake christened “Kanda Express” or by trucks, as part of a retail intervention aimed at cooling prices. Onions are being sold at a subsidised rate of Rs 35 per kg in select price-sensitive cities.
“Approximately 4,000 tonnes of buffer onion have been sold so far in 17 cities,” Khare told PTI.
Bulk consignments have already reached Delhi and Chennai via the Kanda Express, and a third rake is now being loaded for dispatch to Guwahati in the coming days, she added.
“The distribution of buffer onions has brought some relief to consume
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