First It Was Wheat, Then Rice. Now, Onions Are on India’s Restricted List

  • Government to prohibit export of food staple until March 2024
  • Curbs also been placed on wheat, rice and sugar cane juice
A worker carries a sack of onions at a wholesale market in New Delhi.Photographer: Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg
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India added onions to the nation’s expanding list of food staples slapped with sweeping export restrictions, as the government seeks to contain domestic prices ahead of a national election next year.