Onion output sets new record at 21 MT in 2015-16
India's onion output is estimated to have touched a record 21 million-tonne mark, an 11% year-on-year growth in the 2015-16 crop year, the agriculture ministry said on Monday. The production surpassed the 19.4 million-tonne mark of the 2013-14 crop year, which was followed by 18.92 million-tonne production in the 2014-15 crop year, hiking the onion prices up to ₹45 per-kilogram.