New Delhi: After receiving reports of hoarding and onion prices, the Income Tax Department has raided many onion dealers across the country on Monday. The Income Tax Department is raiding more than 100 places. The Income Tax Department has conducted raids at several places in Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Nagpur, Nashik and Mumbai.

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Despite all the efforts to increase the supply of onion in the mandis across the country, its prices continue to rise. On Monday, despite the increase in the arrival of onion in the country's capital, Azadpur Mandi, Delhi, the price increased instead of decreasing. Traders said that the wholesale price of onion in Azadpur mandi increased by about Rs 5 per kg, ie Rs 500 per quintal. In Azadpur Mandi, where the wholesale price of onion was Rs 35-55 per kg on Saturday, the wholesale price on Monday was Rs 40-60 per kg.

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In Delhi-NCR markets, retail traders are selling onions at the rate of Rs 80-100 per kg. Rajendra Sharma, President of the Merchant and Association of Azadpur Mandi, Azadpur Mandi, has said that due to the rains, the new crop has suffered a major loss in all major onion producing states including Maharashtra, while the stock of old onions remains very low, hence the price There is a possibility of further increase.

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