As Centre eases onion procurement norms, farmers seek Rs 3000 per quintal support price
NASHIK, Jun 7 (PTI): Farmers in Maharashtra have welcomed the central government’s decision to relax onion procurement norms, but said the move would provide little relief and demanded a minimum procurement price of Rs 3,000 per quintal.
They claimed the procurement rate of around Rs 1,580 per quintal offered by the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) and National Cooperative Consumer’s Federation of India (NCCF) was lower than prevailing market expectations and inadequate to cover cultivation costs.
