Page 4 - Onions

Rs 1,500-mn onion relief package to benefit 300,000 farmers in Maharashtra

The realisation on the sale of onion is about Rs 2 a kg, which is way below the cost of production of Rs 5

Onion prices crash 40% on bumper production

Prices likely to remain low, as fresh arrivals of the crop continue till May 2017

Centre may buy more onions to protect farmers

The Centre, along with the state governments, is planning to intervene in the market to purchase onions directly from farmers in Maharashtra and other places where prices have slumped sharply in the last few days due to bumper harvest.Officials said a decision to this effect was taken a high-level meeting attended by Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan and a host of top politicians from Maharashtra, including former agriculture minister Sharad Pawar.After the meeting, it was decided that agriculture ministry would prepare a blueprint for purchasing onions directly from farmers and the expenditure on damages would be shared equally between the Centre and state governments.The food ministry had purchased 15,000 tonnes of onions directly from farmers out of a target of 20,000 and is wary of buying more as there are no takers for the purchased crop. Onion prices in the wholesale markets of Nashik, Nagpur and Pune along w

Over 15% onions procured by MP govt already perished

The onions procured from farmers have rotten on account of the rains and resultant humidity

Traders seek help from Maharashtra CM over plummeting onion prices

Among other things, the delegation has demanded that the state government allow increase in export quantities

Centre to buy 15,000-tonne onions to create buffer

Another 20,000 tonnes of onions would also be imported when required