India to sell onions from reserves to check prices, official says

Workers of a retail chain sort onions at Manchar village in Pune·Reuters

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian government will sell onions from its reserves to cool high prices, a top official at the consumer affairs ministry told reporters on Monday.

Earlier this month, the government had removed a floor price on onion exports after a spate of export curbs on farm goods fuelled anger among farmers.

(Reporting by Mayank Bhardwaj and Shivam Patel; Editing by Christopher Cushing)