Farmers in India burned onions in anger

The Dhaka Times Desk In India's Maharashtra, farmers are not getting even half of the cost due to this year's overproduction of onions.

Farmers in India's Maharashtra are in trouble despite bumper onion yields. Onion prices have skyrocketed this year due to the extra yield. Prices have fallen so much that farmers are forced to sell onions for just two to three rupees per kg. In such a situation, many people's crops are getting lost in the field. In a report this information was given by the media BBC.

Due to such situation, many farmers are wasting their crops in the field. Experts said that this year, farmers are destroying crops of various vegetables including potatoes and tomatoes.

এই বছর মহারাষ্ট্রে পেঁয়াজের ফলন এতো বেশি হয়েছে, যে কৃষকরা প্রতি কেজি মাত্র দুই কিংবা তিন টাকা দর পাচ্ছিলেন দু’দিন আগে পর্যন্ত। চাষের খরচ তো তাতে উঠছে না, উল্টে আড়তে পৌঁছে দিতে গেলে তাদের লোকসানের বোঝা আরও বাড়ছে। তাই ক্ষেতেই পেঁয়াজ নষ্ট করে ফেলছেন কৃষকরা।

Krishna Dongre, a farmer in Maharashtra's Nashik district, now 'performs' Holika Dahan with his family on his onion farm. The news including pictures of his 'event' appeared in several national newspapers. The picture of that 'Dahan' went viral on social media.

A farmer's family 'ceremony' makes national headlines as he essentially 'burns Holika Dahan' by burning around 15,000 kg of onions from his field instead of straw.

The BBC report also said that the central government of India allocates money to the market intervention scheme or MIS in the budget every year. With that money, the government buys crops from the farmers at a higher price in such situations. Last year, 1.5 thousand crore rupees were allocated to that sector, in this year's budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has allocated a ridiculous amount of only 1 lakh rupees!

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