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ONE LAKH TONNES OF ONION RELEASED FOR EXPORT

Date : 15 Apr 2002
Location : New Delhi
 

The government has decided to release one-lakh metric tonnes of onion for export – with effect from 12^th April, 2002 – for the year 2002-2003, out of the quota of seven lakh metric tonnes. This has been done on the recommendations of the inter-Ministerial Review Committee.

The quantity of onions allotted to various canalising agencies is as follows:

• National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) -- 35,000 metric tonnes;

• Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Board (MSAMB) -- 35,000 metric tonnes;

• Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation Ltd. (GAIC) -- 10,000 metric tonnes;

• The Spices Trading Corporation Ltd. (STCL) -- 6,000 metric tonnes;

• AP-State Trading Corporation – 5,000 metric tonnes;

• The Karnataka State Cooperative Marketing Federation Ltd. (KSCMF) -- 2,000 metric tonnes;

• The National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India Ltd. (NCCF) – 5,000 metric tonnes; and

• The North Karnataka Onion Growers Cooperative Society -- 2000 metric tonnes

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