<span style="color: #222222;">Centre has contracted to import an additional 12,660 tonnes of onions and the shipment will start reaching India from 27th of this month onwards.<br />'' <br />'' An official release said that with this, the total quantity of imports that have been contracted so far reached approximately 30,000 tonnes.<br />'' <br />'' Onion prices have crossed 100 rupees per kilo mark for the second week in a row, as government efforts to cool the rates seem to be taking more time than expected.<br />'' <br />''<br />''Department of Consumer Affairs has also directed state-owned trading agency MMTC to issue fresh tenders for additional 15,000 tonnes of onions.</span><br />