Food and Civil Supplies Minister Imran Hussain has written a letter to the Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, requesting him to direct NAFED (National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India) to supply 10 trucks of onions everyday for the next 10 days to avail it to the residents of Delhi at affordable rates.

Hussain has stated that Delhi government has put in place adequate infrastructure for the sale of onions at Rs 23.90 per kg; however, NAFED has not been able to match the demand of Delhi government for the adequate supply to ensure stabilisation of onion prices in Delhi.  

The Minister also reviewed the supply and sale of onions with Commissioner, Food and Civil Supplies (CFS), senior officers of Delhi State Civil Supplies Corporation (DSCSC) and officers from NAFED.

The Minister directed officials of DSCSC and NAFED to intensify their efforts so as to ensure that adequate quantities of onions are made available to the residents of Delhi. It may be noted that Delhi Government has already decided to increase the number of mobile vans from 80 to 400 so as to cater the need of each municipal wards in Delhi.

Delhi government has also put in place the adequate infrastructure in terms of vans and manpower for ensuring easy availability of onions in Delhi at the doorstep of people, the government said in a statement,

"The government is affecting sale of onion through 400 mobile vans at the rate of Rs 23.90 per kg in all corners of Delhi. During the meeting, the Minister directed that the teams of officers of the department and APMC should keep monitoring the availability of onion in Delhi and make regular field inspections and carry out enforcement activities in order to check the instances of hoarding, black-marketing, profiteering etc," it said.