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Farm Minister blames onion price hike on low output
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Facing flak over skyrocketing onion prices, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar blamed the rate hike on shortage created by low production this season. Tomar was speaking during a discussion on "Crop loss and its impact on farmers" in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.Talking about shortage, the Minister said, states put the expected onion production at 69.9 lakh tonnes in November. But the actual onion production was likely to be 53.73 lakh tonnes, he said.
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