State asks Centre to fix onion prices
The Maharashtra government has sent a proposal to the Centre asking it to fix onion prices on the lines of wheat, jawar and corn to stabilise its prices.
By PTI |
NASIK: The Maharashtra government has sent a proposal to the Centre asking it to fix onion prices on the lines of wheat, jawar and corn to stabilise its prices.
Talking to newspersons late on Tuesday state marketing minister Harshvardhan Patil said that farmers have been suffering losses following declining prices of onions and government was thinking of providing financial assistance to them.
The central government has granted funds of Rs 15 core to Maharashtra for setting up onions-chawls (storage-place) and government has to spend the said amount before March 31 this year, he said.
Meanwhile, the markets of Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) at Lasalgaon was flooded with onions following heavy arrival of the rangada variety, sources said.
The markets opened on Monday after a two-day holiday and 54,000 quintal onions loaded on 1,803 tractors arrived at APMC and about 34,590 quintals were auctioned on prices ranging from Rs 161 per quintal to Rs 406 per quintal, sources added.
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