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MMTC contracts import of 41,950 MT of onions; 36,124 MT materialises
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Wednesday, 12 February, 2020, 13 : 00 PM [IST]
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Our Bureau, New Delhi
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Based on the directive issued by the Government of India, MMTC contracted import of 41,950 metric tonne (MT) of onions, against which 36,124 MT of import materialised.
The states and Union Territories were offered imported onions. However, recently, only about 2,501 MT imported onion, in total, were taken by states and UTs, that included Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Telengana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Haryana, Meghalaya and Jammu and Kashmir.
This information was given in a written reply by Danve Raosaheb Dada Rao, minister of state for consumer affairs, food and public distribution, in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
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