Fix MSP for onions: BKS to Centre

RSS-affiliated Bharatiya Kisan Sangh today asked Union government to determine the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for purchasing onions to insulate farmers from market fluctuations.
"Farmers often incur losses due to fluctuating prices of onions, which shoot up and nosedive. To find a permanent solution to this problem, the MSP of onions should be determined," BKS spokesman Laxminarayan Patel said.
He also demanded that a policy should be framed on the import and export of the bulb, keeping in view the interest of farmers.
Patel praised Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for announcing that the state government will buy a kg of onion from farmers for Rs 6.

Recently, prices of onions reached bottom at Rs 1 to 2 per kg in retail market at some places, prompting farmers in the state to throw away their produce on roads.