According to the data, as on October 18, for the Kharif season 2021-22, of the total current of 3.85 lakh hectares for growing onions, the area damaged due to rain was 0.59 lakh hectares.Officials said the comparable figure for Kharif 2020-21 was that of the total 3.63 lakh hectares kharif area sown, the unaffected area was 2 lakh hectares.The estimated production in 2021 is 43.88 lakh tonnes compared to last year’s estimated production at 37.38 lakh tonnes on comparable date, the data showed.”We are expecting a good harvest and as and when this trickles down to the market, rates would reduce even more,” an official from the Ministry said.
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