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'Farmers facing financial difficulties, buy two lakh metric tonnes of onion'

Amid falling domestic onion prices and rising financial stress among farmers, Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government has requested Union Minister Piyush Goyal to purchase around 2 lakh tonnes of onions across the state through its agency National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED).

Meanwhile, beating past records, the Central Government has procured 2.50 lakh tonnes of onion as a buffer for the 2022-23 season.