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Onion Exports Face Woes In Wooing Back Importers, Higher Domestic Price by M R Subramani - Feb 10, 2021 10:37 AM A file picture of onions kept ready for auction at Gondal Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee Yard in Gujarat. Snapshot According to the Kolkata-based Directorate-General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, India exported 13.17 lakh tonnes of onion between April and October this fiscal before the ban was imposed. Onion shipments from India are facing problems after the Union government lifted the ban on exports from 1 January this year, first in wooing back importers and now due to rising domestic prices. The Union government banned onion exports in September last year after the vegetableâs retail prices began to surge. In the second week of October, the rates topped Rs 100 a kg in retail outlets. ....
APMCs welcome agri infra fund announcement February 01, 2021 With this, farmers are assured the set up of APMC won’t be pulled down Making available the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) for augmenting the APMCs infrastructure facilities in the Budget is being seen an long overdue reform by all the agricultural market participants. Director of Vashi APMC, Sanjay Pansare, said that the new and advance infrastructure is the need of the hour as most of the infrastructure at APMCs is at least 30 years old. A dedicated fund will help with faster creation of infrastructure at the APMCs. Policy dilly-dally Chairperson of Lasalgaon APMC, Suvarna Jagtap, said that earlier there was a perception that the Centre was keen on shutting down all the APMCs in the country. But today’s budgetary provision of creating an infrastructure fund points towards sustaining the APMCs. However, for major commodities such as onions a long-term policy is required. Unplanned dec ....
For many farmers, it’s a Hobson’s choice January 27, 2021 While APMCs are blamed for price exploitation, open market too has risks It has been a difficult choice for the farmers to choose between an open market and the APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committee) mandis to sell their crops. While the former exposes them to the insecurities of market, the latter is blamed for exploitation on prices. To understand the outcome of the new Farm Act to free farmers from the compulsions of the APMC laws and mandi structure, BusinessLine spoke with farmers across a few States. Lakshman Singh, a mustard grower from Indragarh taluka of Bundi district in Rajasthan, said that the choice has been a difficult one as there is no price assurance at either place. ....
Onions prices have been climbing since the beginning of 2021 after the government lifted the ban on exports that was imposed in September when rates began to surge. ....
Watch: Maharashtra farmers protest demanding loan waiver; spill milk on roads, block vegetable sale Watch: Maharashtra farmers protest demanding loan waiver; spill milk on roads, block vegetable sale Maharashtra Farmers Continued Their Strike On Friday To Protests Against Demanding Crop Loan Waiver And Better Procurement Prices. Apart From Blocking Sale Of Fruits And Vegetable Sin The Wholesale Market, The Farmers Have Also Been Spilling Milk On Roads To Protest. News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Arshi Aggarwal | Updated on: 02 Jun 2017, 11:07:09 AM Mumbai: Maharashtra farmers continued their strike on Friday to protests against demanding crop loan waiver and better procurement prices. Apart from blocking sale of fruits and vegetable sin the wholesale market, the farmers have also been spilling milk on roads to protest. ....