-PTI Chandrakant Bhikan Deshmukh, a resident of Andarsul in Yeola tehsil, has sent a money order of Rs 216 to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. He got this amount after selling 545 kg of Onions in an auction on December 5. Nashik: After a farmer sent his meagre earnings from sale of Onions in the wholesale market to the Prime Minister, another farmer in Nashik district of Maharashtra has adopted the same...
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Onion Farmers Remain at Mercy of Market Ups and Downs as Prices Crash Again -Kabir Agarwal
-TheWire.in Farmers have been forced to sell at prices as low as Re 1 per kg, but the Modi government’s focus remains on controlling a rise in prices. New Delhi: Last week, Sanjay Sathe, an onion farmer from Nasik district in Maharashtra, made headlines. He had donated Rs 1,064 to the Prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund – the amount he had earned after selling 750 kg of Onions. It translated to less...
More »Why farmers are angry: a ready reckoner -Vivek Kaul
-Newslaundry.com Quick fixes like loan waivers and MSPs don’t solve the basic problem. On December 2, 2018, PTI published a story on Sanjay Sathe of Nashik district. Sathe had grown 750 kg of Onions this season. He was offered a rate of Rs. 1 per kg in the wholesale market when he tried selling them. He finally managed to negotiate a deal where he was paid Rs. 1,064 for 750 kg....
More »Overseas markets wipe away tears of onion traders hit by low domestic prices -Amrita Nair Ghaswala
-The Hindu Business Line Mumbai: Onion exports have picked up on firm overseas demand even as domestic prices continue to rule low, as the new crop hits the markets in the backdrop of huge carry forward stocks. Experts attribute the pick-up in demand over the past few months to a lower global output due to changing climatic conditions. Ganpat Vaishnav, owner of Ganesh Impex, moved to exporting Onions over the last three months,...
More »Centre approves Operation Green pilot in 8 states -Jitendra
-Down to Earth17 clusters have been chosen in 8 states to roll out the pilot of Operation Green, a Central scheme aimed to contain annual price distress of tomatoes, onion and potatoes Nine months after announcing ?Operation Green? to provide the rightful price to farmer producers, the Union government has prepared guidelines to implement the operation. The scheme was devised to contain the annual price distress of tomatoes, onion and...
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