Rohit Pawar joins onion farmers' protest; says govt must buy produce at Rs 25 per kgNCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar led a protest demanding the government buy onions at Rs 25 per kg. Farmers are selling produce at distress prices ...
18 May, 2026, 04.04 PM IST
How war, weather & soaring costs are turning onion harvest into a loss-making nightmareMaharashtra's onion farmers are facing severe financial distress as prices plummet below production costs due to bumper arrivals, unseasona...
18 May, 2026, 02.02 PM IST
Maharashtra farmer sells 25 sacks, gets nothing, asked to pay Re 1 insteadA farmer from Paithan, Maharashtra, received just Re 1 after selling 25 sacks of onions. This incident underscores the severe agrarian cris...
12 May, 2026, 06.08 PM IST
Vashi APMC grains traders demand exclusion from centre's ordinance on market deregulationThe NCP, which is part of the ruling coalition, controls most of Maharashtra’s APMCs, which are among the nerve centres of rural politics i...
21 Jul, 2020, 03.06 PM IST
More traders test positive at Vashi APMC; market to remain openThe health department of Navi Mumbai municipal Corporation had issued an order to keep all the markets of the Vashi APMC closed for 15 days.
28 Apr, 2020, 11.03 PM IST
Inter-state trade of agri-items on e-NAM platform gains momentumIn April 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the pilot of electronic National Agriculture Market (eNAM) as part of the central gove...
27 Jan, 2019, 12.43 PM IST
AAP government orders special audit of Delhi Agricultural Marketing BoardThe decision to order special audit of both DAMB and APMCs seems to be aimed at finding out alleged irregularities during the previous regi...
22 Jan, 2017, 01.17 PM IST
AMPCs on strike today against agriculture reformsThe Maharashtra government's decision will help 30 APMCs from the state to become part of the NAM. The decision does not apply to grains an...
04 Jul, 2016, 11.29 AM IST
Pink onion price hardens in wholesale marketPink onions, which are considered as one of the best, today sold at Rs 6,326 per quintal at the Lasalgaon market, Asia's largest wholesale ...
22 Aug, 2015, 06.36 PM IST
Economic Survey 2015: Private players should compete with established markets for farm produceLiberalising foreign direct investment policy in retail and encouraging private players to compete with established markets for farm produc...
28 Feb, 2015, 03.07 AM IST
Vegetable prices rise 25-50% as unseasonal rain hits cropsRetailers also complained that poor quality makes it difficult to clear the stock on the same day and they are forced to increase prices to...
05 Jan, 2015, 03.34 PM IST
Onion prices soars up at Nashik Agriculture produce Market CommitteesThe current arrival of onion in the APMC markets in Nashik district is kharif production, which has been adversely affected this year due t...
02 Jul, 2014, 04.12 PM IST
South Gujarat sees arrival of MangoesArrival of nearly 5,000 quintals of mangoes has started at the Agriculture produce Market committee (APMC) market in Navsari in South Gujar...
07 May, 2014, 03.23 PM IST
Maharashtra traders oppose direct selling of vegetablesRahul Gandhi’s proposal to keep fruits, veggies out of APMC upsets traders
03 Jan, 2014, 10.49 AM IST
- Maharashtra lets farmers bypass APMC
Maharashtra farmers can now sell their produce directly to anyone without the interference of APMCs.
05 Apr, 2012, 07.01 AM IST
- Importers in state lock horns with APMC over cess on pulse
Pulses importers in Maharashtra plan to move court against the Mumbai Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) which has asked them to ...
10 Oct, 2008, 01.40 AM IST
- Veggies get dearer
Vegetable prices in Mumbai and its suburbs have started soaring once again due to delays in truck arrivals to the Agriculture Produce Marke...
06 Jul, 2006, 02.26 AM IST