Increase e-purchase limit for NAFED to help farmers: Ajit Pawar to Paswan

As the next crop is soon expected to reach the markets if the NAFED doesn't purchase their onions on time the prices of onion will fall more, said Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has written a letter to Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan requesting him to increase the limit for online purchase for National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) in Maharashtra from 40,000 metric tonnes to 50,000 metric tonnes.

"This year the onion growing farmers have seen a good harvest and almost all wholesale markets have a good supply of onions. However, there is a very limited demand due to the lockdown and in such circumstances the wholesale rates for onion have gone down to Rs 8-10 per kg," the letter read.

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