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
Onion traders in Nashik district go on indefinite strike, suspend auctions; minister warns actionOnion traders in Nashik, Maharashtra, have suspended auctions indefinitely in protest against the government's decision to increase export ...
20 Sep, 2023, 10.08 PM IST
Get ready to pay higher prices for Onions. Here's whyOver 500 traders in Nashik district, responsible for procuring onions from all 15 Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs), have init...
20 Sep, 2023, 12.46 PM IST
Onion auctions to resume at APMCs in Nashik from August 24: Traders' representativeOnion auctions at all Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs) in Nashik district, Maharashtra, will resume after a three-day closure...
23 Aug, 2023, 04.06 PM IST
APMCs in Maharashtra observe one day strike protesting against deregulation of marketsTraders working at the APMC premises have demanded that they too be given the relaxation from paying taxes, a benefit their counterparts wo...
21 Aug, 2020, 05.44 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
View: If wishes were gardens, Indian farms would bloomAgriculture is a state subject, so changing the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee Act to give farmer marketing freedom is outside th...
15 May, 2020, 08.33 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
Covid-19 impact: Fearful vegetable mandis threaten to shut shopIn Mumbai and Pune, traders have issued statements that they will shutter their shops on Wednesday, while Nashik merchants said they would ...
24 Mar, 2020, 07.09 AM IST
Onion prices to soar further this DiwaliOnion prices continue to soar in the country's largest wholesale market at Lasalgaon in Nashik, with wholesale traders saying that the pric...
10 Oct, 2017, 10.13 AM 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
Maharashtra tables proposal on direct trade between farmer-consumerSubhash Desai has tabled a proposal before the state cabinet to allow a direct trade between farmers and consumers without APMC as a mediat...
23 Jan, 2016, 11.30 AM IST
Onion auctions resume after being halted for a weekOnion auctions, which were halted for a week at Lasalgaon in Maharashtra, which is Nashik district's major APMC, began at 10 am today, sour...
24 Nov, 2014, 07.55 PM IST
Onion price rise: Nashik farmers put blame on hoardersIt has been revealed that most of 300-odd local market committees that control prices dominated by BJP, Congress and NCP politicians.
20 Jun, 2014, 04.54 AM IST
BJP-led government at Centre seeking to appease consumers, farmers and tradersAs prices of fruit and vegetables soared in the past week, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley held an emergency meeting and announced some measu...
19 Jun, 2014, 12.17 PM IST
Onion auction resumes at 15 Agriculture Produce Market Committee markets of Nashik districtAccording to Pimpalgaon Baswant APMC sources, onions were auctioned between the range of Rs 701 and Rs 1,401/quintal, and from Rs 400-1,401...
18 Jun, 2014, 06.02 PM IST
Traders make 150 crore in 4 days with hoarded onionsTraders flooded markets across the country with 5 lakh quintals of hoarded onions from August 12 to 15 raking in Rs 150 crore.
25 Aug, 2013, 05.53 AM IST