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The Maharashtra government has accepted most of the demands made by farmers who are marching from Nashik to Mumbai and onion cultivators will be given financial relief of Rs 350 a quintal, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde told the state Assembly on Friday and urged the protesters to end their nearly week-long stir. Earlier in the day, representatives of the agitating farmers and tribals said their 200km 'long march' has been halted for now, but they will resume their walk to Mumbai if the state government does not come out with concrete steps to address their demands. The foot march by thousands of farmers and tribals, which started from Dindori town in Nashik district in North Maharashtra on Sunday last, has reached Vasind town, around 80km from Mumbai The chief minister informed the House that he had held discussions with a farmers' delegation over 14 points, including forest rights, encroachment of forest land, transfer of land belonging to temple trusts and grazing grounds to ...

Prices of these three commodities have seen perhaps the wildest fluctuations in agriculture commodities among all crops for multiple reasons

Sharp drop in onion and potato prices since last few weeks have forced farmers to dump their produce in fields as selling price is far less than even cost of carrying produce to the market

In the wake of a consistent drop in the onion prices, angry farmers stopped the auction of the key kitchen staple on Monday at Maharashtra's Lasalgaon Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC), Asia's biggest onion market. The price per kilogram of onion came down to Rs 2 to Rs 4, which angered the growers. A representative of the onion growers said the government should immediately declare a grant of Rs 1,500 per quintal of onions and purchase their produce at Rs 15 to Rs 20 per kg, or else they will not let the auction resume at the Lasalgaon APMC, located in Nashik district. As soon as the auction process began as the market opened for the week on Monday, onions fetched a minimum price of Rs 200 per quintal, the maximum rate of Rs 800 per quintal and an average price of Rs 400-450 per quintal. As a result, the angry farmers led by the Maharashtra Rajya Kanda Utpadak Sanghatana stopped the auction of onions and started an agitation. On Saturday 2,404 quintal onions arrived at

The all-India average retail price of onion has witnessed a significant decline of 28 per cent compared to last year

Dehydrated or dried onions are largely exported from India to Europe which lifts 60 per cent of whole, cut, sliced, broken or as powdered bulbs from the country

Total horticulture production pegged at 333.3 million tonnes in 2021-22, outstripping foodgrains output again

Spice production is also expected to fall to 10.81 million tonne from 11.11 million tonne recorded during the same period a year ago

The buffer onion was released in major markets

When onion and tomato prices soared last week, one of the many reasons given was that rainfall in several states producing the two crops was responsible for it.

During this time of the year, potatoes and vegetables come from Punjab and Haryana

In an effort to boost domestic supply and check price rise, Piyush Goyal said private traders have already imported 7,000 tonnes of onion and another 25,000 tonnes are expected to arrive before Diwali

Trading will not be conducted on Friday as well because it is ''Amavasya'' or no moon day, which is considered inauspicious

DGFT is understood to have communicated to the Customs Department to give the go-ahead to cargo that have arrived at the port, but not to ones which are in transit

The number of stranded Bangaldesh-bound trucks loaded with onions continued to rise at various land borders in West Bengal in the wake of the Centre's export ban of the commodity

The vegetable sellers at Okhla Sabzi Mandi in Delhi expressed disappointment over the Centre's decision to ban the export of onions and said that it will affect its prices."It will bring a change in the price of onions in days to come. The rates will fall by at least Rs 2-3 per kg in a day or two," said an Onion seller while speaking to ANI.NCP President Sharad Pawar urged Centre to lift the ban on onion export. "I also brought to his notice that onions are in good demand internationally & we have been exporting onions consistently. But a sudden decision to this effect by the central government is a major blow to India's image as a reliable exporter of onions in the international market," he tweeted.The Directorate General of Foreign Trade stated in a notification dated September 14 that exports of all varieties of onions are prohibited with immediate effect, . "The provisions under the Transitional Agreement shall not be applicable under this notification," it said.The ban ...

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A new onion crop should help ease what has been a catastrophic year for the vegetable in the world's second-most populous nation

Farmers across the country have suffered a double whammy this year - first, their crop from last season was spoilt by floods, and then onion yield also dropped due to moisture in fields

The import has brought down prices to Rs 100 per kg at the Tiruchi wholesale market, which caters to five districts around it