India, Oct. 5 -- Wholesale onion prices have started easing in Nashik after remaining high for nearly a month, with fresh arrivals from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh lowering pressure on rates at Lasalgaon, the country's largest onion market.

In early September, good-quality onions were selling wholesale at around Rs.55 per kg at Lasalgaon, while inferior-quality onions fetched around Rs.45 per kg. The rates have since fallen to about Rs.46 per kg for good-quality onions and Rs.35 per kg for inferior-quality produce, according to Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) officials.

Pravin Kadam, director, Lasalgaon APMC, said the decline in prices was largely due to increased onion availability from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Whole...