Onion costs have been particularly volatile in India, reaching an all-time high of Rs. 100 in the month of October 2013 in specific regions of the country. The center of the onion price problem appears to come from huge hoarding by cartels of intermediaries. What are the ways to circumvent this? Are there deeper difficulties with the agricultural policies in India that contradict the onion market failures? Onion is a significant commodity for Indians of all classes; it is also the one which has swung political fortunes in India.
The state of affairs in the onion marketplace is indicative of gaping policy holes in the Indian agricultural markets. The case supplies a platform for pupils to talk about the appropriateness of numerous policy measures with respect to agricultural produce marketing in India.
Tears With Them, Tears Without Onion Prices Make India Cry case study solution
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