Via PTI
PUNE: A farmer from Maharashtra’s Solapur was once in for a impolite surprise when he were given to grasp that he has earned a benefit of simply Rs 2.49 in opposition to the sale of his 512 kg onions to a dealer within the district.
The farmer, 63-year-old Rajendra Chavan who is living in Barshi tehsil of Solapur, mentioned his onion yield fetched a worth of Rs 1 in step with kg on the Solapur marketplace backyard and finally the deductions he won this paltry sum as his internet benefit closing week.
Chatting with PTI, Chavan mentioned, “I had despatched 10 luggage of onions weighing greater than 5 quintals to an onion dealer in Solapur on the market. However after deducting fees against loading, delivery, labour and others, I won a internet benefit of simply Rs 2.49 from him. The velocity the dealer presented me was once Rs 100 in step with quintal. The entire weight of the crop was once 512 kg and the full value he were given for the produce was once Rs 512,” he mentioned.
“After deductions value Rs 509.51 in opposition to labour, weighing, transportation and different fees, I won a internet benefit of Rs 2.49. That is an insult to me and different onion-growers within the state. If we get such returns, how can we live on?” he requested.
(Photograph | Ravindra Kumar Adi Twitter)
He mentioned the onion farmers want to get a just right value for the crop and the affected farmers get repayment.
Whilst Chavan claimed that the produce was once of excellent high quality, the dealer mentioned it was once low-grade.
“The farmer had introduced simplest 10 luggage and the produce was once additionally of low grade. Because of this, he were given Rs 100 in step with quintal charge. So finally the deductions, he were given Rs 2 as internet benefit,” the dealer mentioned.
He added that the similar farmer had won just right returns within the contemporary previous via promoting greater than 400 luggage to me.
“This time he introduced the rest produce that was once hardly ever 10 luggage and because the costs have long past down, he were given this charge,” he mentioned.
Chatting with PTI, farmers chief and previous MP Raju Shetti mentioned that the onion hitting the marketplace now could be a ‘kharif’ produce and can’t be saved for a very long time and this is why the shelf lifetime of the product is brief.
“This onion must be bought available in the market straight away and exported out. However because of glut, the costs of onions have nosedived available in the market,” he mentioned.
He added that this onion isn’t being bought via NAFED, so your best option is that the federal government will have to make the marketplace to be had for this ‘kharif’ onion.
“The federal government’s export and import coverage referring to onions isn’t constant. We had two everlasting markets – Pakistan and Bangladesh, however they most well-liked purchasing onions from Iran as an alternative people because of the inconsistent coverage of the federal government. The 3rd marketplace is Sri Lanka, however we all know their state of affairs and no person is taking dangers to ship their produce,” he mentioned.
He added that the federal government will have to purchase this onion or give subsidies to farmers.
PUNE: A farmer from Maharashtra’s Solapur was once in for a impolite surprise when he were given to grasp that he has earned a benefit of simply Rs 2.49 in opposition to the sale of his 512 kg onions to a dealer within the district.
The farmer, 63-year-old Rajendra Chavan who is living in Barshi tehsil of Solapur, mentioned his onion yield fetched a worth of Rs 1 in step with kg on the Solapur marketplace backyard and finally the deductions he won this paltry sum as his internet benefit closing week.
Chatting with PTI, Chavan mentioned, “I had despatched 10 luggage of onions weighing greater than 5 quintals to an onion dealer in Solapur on the market. However after deducting fees against loading, delivery, labour and others, I won a internet benefit of simply Rs 2.49 from him. The velocity the dealer presented me was once Rs 100 in step with quintal. The entire weight of the crop was once 512 kg and the full value he were given for the produce was once Rs 512,” he mentioned.
“After deductions value Rs 509.51 in opposition to labour, weighing, transportation and different fees, I won a internet benefit of Rs 2.49. That is an insult to me and different onion-growers within the state. If we get such returns, how can we live on?” he requested.
(Photograph | Ravindra Kumar Adi Twitter)
He mentioned the onion farmers want to get a just right value for the crop and the affected farmers get repayment.
Whilst Chavan claimed that the produce was once of excellent high quality, the dealer mentioned it was once low-grade.
“The farmer had introduced simplest 10 luggage and the produce was once additionally of low grade. Because of this, he were given Rs 100 in step with quintal charge. So finally the deductions, he were given Rs 2 as internet benefit,” the dealer mentioned.
He added that the similar farmer had won just right returns within the contemporary previous via promoting greater than 400 luggage to me.
“This time he introduced the rest produce that was once hardly ever 10 luggage and because the costs have long past down, he were given this charge,” he mentioned.
Chatting with PTI, farmers chief and previous MP Raju Shetti mentioned that the onion hitting the marketplace now could be a ‘kharif’ produce and can’t be saved for a very long time and this is why the shelf lifetime of the product is brief.
“This onion must be bought available in the market straight away and exported out. However because of glut, the costs of onions have nosedived available in the market,” he mentioned.
He added that this onion isn’t being bought via NAFED, so your best option is that the federal government will have to make the marketplace to be had for this ‘kharif’ onion.
“The federal government’s export and import coverage referring to onions isn’t constant. We had two everlasting markets – Pakistan and Bangladesh, however they most well-liked purchasing onions from Iran as an alternative people because of the inconsistent coverage of the federal government. The 3rd marketplace is Sri Lanka, however we all know their state of affairs and no person is taking dangers to ship their produce,” he mentioned.
He added that the federal government will have to purchase this onion or give subsidies to farmers.