onions
This may prevent the RBI from cutting interest rate at its next monetary policy review due in early February.
The government has moved to not only ban exports of the vegetable, but also rush to import from places like Turkey and Egypt
As the rising price of onions makes national news, the finance minister told a concerned MP, " I don't eat a lot of onion".
In Delhi, the retail price of onion has risen by 45% in the past week to Rs 80/kg.