The Uttar Pradesh government has fixed the stock limit of onion in the state to stop further increase of the price and to ensure availability of onion to the public.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked to curb the stock holding and take strict action against the defaulters.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports, as per the government's order the retail supplier of onion can hold a maximum of 2 metric ton onion while the wholesale supplier can hold maximum of 25 metric ton onion.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''This limit will continue till the end of December this year.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''Only the exporters has been given relaxation under this rule. Government is very soon going to issue the notification regarding this.&nbsp;<br />''&nbsp;<br />''A tweet by the Chief Minister's office said that Central governments has already missed an advisory on the issue on 23rd of October.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''Before enforcing the stock limit, the suppliers will be given 3 day time.&nbsp;<br />''&nbsp;<br />''They have to complete the packing and other related work in this period &nbsp;and after that the limit of stock will apply.&nbsp;<br />''&nbsp;<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The action has been taken after witnessing a surge in the prices of onion in many parts of state.</span><br />
News On AIR | November 4, 2020 8:44 AM
UP Govt fixes stock limit of onion to stop its price hike