Overview

• Sales begin through NCCF, NAFED and Kendriya Bhandar outlets and mobile vans, with about 25 tonnes dispatched on day one.
• The programme extends to Chennai, Guwahati and Kolkata from Friday and is slated to run through December.
• Onions are offered at Rs 24 per kg only where local retail prices exceed Rs 30, using data from 574 monitoring centres.
• NCCF’s mobile vans in Mumbai will rotate across wards with roughly 10 tonnes of daily sales expected.
• Releases draw on a buffer procured at about Rs 15 per kg from Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, supported by a 27% rise in output and steady, unrestricted exports.