Onion free on purchase of tyre in India
A four-wheeler tire seller has been offering onion free on purchase of tire from his shop here today.
"We are offering five kg onion free on the purchase of a truck tyre and one kg on the purchase of a car tyre," Satnam Singh Gambhir, a tyre seller of Kalimati Road in Sakchi here said.
Gambhir is also the president of All India Sikh Students' Federation of Bihar and Jharkhand. He said the move was meant to show discontent among people for the heavy rise in onion price for the past few days.
The Indian government has unveiled a multi-pronged measures to check high onion prices, including removal of import duties, an indefinite ban on exports and asking state agencies to import the commodity, as retail prices continued to hover around Rs 70-80 a kg.
While wholesale market prices of the kitchen staple recorded a 40 per cent drop in the major producing region of Nashik in Maharashtra, the central government expressed confidence that it will reflect in retail prices in a couple of days.
The sudden spurt in onion prices, which had played a politically sensitive role during elections over a decade ago, forced the government to abolish the five per cent customs duty and four per cent countervailing duty to boost imports.
"We are offering five kg onion free on the purchase of a truck tyre and one kg on the purchase of a car tyre," Satnam Singh Gambhir, a tyre seller of Kalimati Road in Sakchi here said.
Gambhir is also the president of All India Sikh Students' Federation of Bihar and Jharkhand. He said the move was meant to show discontent among people for the heavy rise in onion price for the past few days.
The Indian government has unveiled a multi-pronged measures to check high onion prices, including removal of import duties, an indefinite ban on exports and asking state agencies to import the commodity, as retail prices continued to hover around Rs 70-80 a kg.
The sudden spurt in onion prices, which had played a politically sensitive role during elections over a decade ago, forced the government to abolish the five per cent customs duty and four per cent countervailing duty to boost imports.
