India Centre offers buffer stock of onion to states/UTs to check prices: Consumer Affairs Secy Updated : October 23, 2020 03:14 PM IST The government has so far offloaded 30,000 tonnes of onion from the buffer stock of 1,00,000 tonnes created from the purchase of 2019-20 rabi crop. The kharif onions are likely to start arriving soon in mandis.