Centre to buy onions at ₹12.35 per kg from farmers, Chouhan announces

The Maharashtra State Onion Growers Association (MSOGA) issued a press release in Nashik criticizing the ₹1,235 per quintal procurement rate as inadequate and not covering production costs. It demanded ₹3,000 per quintal as a minimum support price and sought compensation for farmers who had sold onions at very low prices in recent months. The release warned of protests if the rate was not revised, arguing with reference to a higher rate of ₹2,410 per quintal announced in 2023.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, speaking at the same Satara event, reiterated Chouhan’s announcement that onions would be procured at ₹12.35 per kg (₹1,235 per quintal) and that the Centre would procure the entire stock to support onion growers.

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced at a Satara event in Maharashtra that the Centre would procure fresh onions from farmers at ₹12.35 per kg (₹1,235 per quintal), with effect from that day. He said the Centre would procure the entire stock and provide support to onion growers, and he stated that directives had been issued to the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED). The announcement was made in the presence of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.