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NCCF, Nafed sell 4,000 tonnes of buffer onions at ₹35/kg across 17 cities
Our read
Subsidised buffer onions will cool prices in intervention cities first, but a durable national decline depends on timely mid-October kharif arrivals rather than the initial 4,000-tonne release alone.
For operators
Grocers in the 17 intervention cities should expect price-sensitive onion demand to shift toward ₹35/kg government supply, pressuring private retail pricing until kharif arrivals improve availability from mid-October.
Watch
Daily and weekly onion mandi arrivals, especially early kharif inflows from mid-October.
The report,
The government has sold 4,000 tonnes of subsidised buffer onions in 17 cities at Rs 35/kg through NCCF and Nafed. Kanda Express shipments and state-level retail distribution aim to cool prices, with kharif crop arrivals expected from mid-October.
- Chennai retail onion price, 5 September₹63/kg
- Delhi retail onion price, 5 September₹58/kg
- Mumbai retail onion price, 5 September₹53/kg
- Ranchi retail onion price, 5 September₹40/kg
- Subsidised retail price via NCCF and Nafed₹35 per kg
Reported figures
From the report. Source details below
| 4,000 tonnes sold across 17 cities in | 10 days |
|---|---|
| Reported price decline: | Rs 2-3 per kg |
Also in the report
- 1.21 lakh tonnes of onion buffer stock
Other figures
- NCCF sold 1,500 tonnes
What to watch next
- Retail price spread between intervention cities and non-covered cities.
- Whether buffer releases rise materially above the initial 4,000 tonnes.
- Wholesale-to-retail margin compression and reported stockholding by traders.
- Weather and transport conditions in key onion-producing states.