Centre puts 40% export duty on onions to boost supplies, tame prices

The latest step comes after official data showed retail inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, soared to a 15-month high of 7.4% in July, up from the previous month's 4.9%. PM Modi, in his I-Day speech, promised to control inflation and minimise the burden on citizens.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/centre-puts-40-export-duty-on-onions-to-boost-supplies-tame-prices/articleshow/102863878.cms