The MEP is the rate below which no exports are allowed. Retail onion prices have skyrocketed to Rs 60-80 per kg in Delhi and some other parts of the country due to supply disruption. On Friday, September 27, 2019, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that the Delhi government would sell onions at Rs 23.90 per kilo. Onion prices have skyrocketed in the past month because of short supply from flood-hit onion-growing states such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Union minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan, has warned hoarders and black marketers that strict action will be taken against them, as onion prices have gone up across the country.

Source: The Telegraph September 29, 2019 09:33 UTC