Madhya Pradesh : Got only 2 rupees for selling 300 kg onions, seeing the price, tears spilled from the eyes of the farmer

The condition of farmers cultivating onions and garlic in Madhya Pradesh is dire. You can guess from the fact that for selling 300 kg of onions, the farmer has got only two rupees in his hands. This case is of Shajapur Krishi Mandi of Ujjain division. At present the prices of onion and garlic are very low in Madhya Pradesh. Farmers are facing financial loss due to low prices of onions. Recently, such a case came up in Shajapur Mandi, which people are surprised to hear and see. Jairam, a farmer living in Bhadoni village, had sold 300 kg of onions to a firm called Farmer Aloo Onion.

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Shop operators Ashok Gami and Sadaqat told that Jairam had reached the market with 6 bags of onions. When he reached Mandi in the morning, he had taken Rs 300 in advance. After this the purchase of onions started. His onion was sold between 80 paise to 1.25 rupees per kg. In this way, 330 rupees of onion reached him. During this, the cost of bringing the onion to the market and the cost of weighing and hammali came to Rs 328. After this, the farmer Jairam got a savings of only Rs. When the farmer got Rs 2 for selling 300 kg of onion, the farmer was also left speechless. Traders themselves are worried that the farmer is not getting the right price for the cost.

Good onions sold up to Rs.11 a kg

Ashok Gami, a resident of Kanardi, said that good onion is being sold at Rs 8 to 11 per kg in the mandi, while medium quality onion is being sold between Rs 5 and 8. The quality of onion which is very weak is being sold for less than Re 1 per kg. The quality of Jairam’s onion was also very bad. Due to being a small onion, it was sold from 80 paise to a quarter of a kilo. He admitted that the farmer has suffered a loss, but the traders themselves are also regretting about this whole incident.

Congress had performed 3 days ago

Shajapur’s in-charge and Congress leader Maqsood Ali told that the land of farmers cultivating garlic and onions has come on the verge of sale. There was an agitation in Shajapur 3 days ago under the leadership of former minister Sajjan Verma. Apart from this, along with the officials, the government was also warned that the farmers are not getting the right price for the crop, due to which the condition of the farmers is very bad. He told that the Congress will continue the agitation even further.