Overview
- Mandi rates across the Malwa–Nimar belt have fallen to ₹1–10 per kg, with many lots fetching ₹1–2, far below the ₹10–12 cost of production.
- In Dhamnar, growers carried onions on a bier and performed last rites before submitting a memorandum to tehsildar Rohit Singh Rajput.
- The memorandum calls for scrapping the 25% export duty and for government procurement at a support price to reduce the glut.
- Rajput acknowledged the distress and said he would report the demands to the Collector for forwarding to the government.
- Protesters referenced Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, cited earlier rain damage to a crop, and warned of wider agitation without relief.