<span style="color: #222222;">In view of rising onion prices, Public sector trading firm MMTC has ordered import of 11,000 metric tonnes of the staple vegetable from Turkey.<br />'' <br />'' The consignment will begin arriving from late this month or early January.  <br />'' <br />'' The Department of Consumer Affairs had asked MMTC to place an order to check the price rise of onions.<br />'' <br />'' The 11,000 metric tonnes is in addition to 6,090 tonnes arriving from Egypt in the middle of this month.<br />'' <br />''<br />''Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan says the government is making all efforts to ensure that onion prices are moderated across the nation.</span>