Overview

• On May 29, the Maharashtra Rajya Kanda Utpadak Sanghatna wrote to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis seeking ₹100,000 per acre compensation for rain-ruined onion crops
• Growers want NAFED and the National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation to purchase 300,000 tons of onions at a minimum support price of ₹3,000 per quintal
• The association has proposed a ₹2,000-per-quintal subsidy for farmers forced to sell rain-damaged onions at distress prices due to storage shortfalls
• Farmers are calling for an accurate and rapid damage assessment across key producing districts such as Nashik, Jalgaon and Dhule
• Leaders caution that unchecked losses estimated in the crores could amplify rural distress and trigger a wider agrarian crisis