00:00 20-25 days ago, the government had left a lunar rover up there.
00:07 It reached the house of the rover.
00:11 But to pay for it, the government has imposed a tax of 40%
00:19 and now we should collect it.
00:21 In the upcoming elections of the Vidhan Sabha and Lok Sabha,
00:25 we will show the fingers and tell how angry we were.
00:30 Then we will understand the result of making the farmers angry.
00:37 Due to the rain, the entire Dushkal fell.
00:40 And after that, tomatoes and onions were getting a little 2 rupees.
00:44 So the government imposed this tax and made the farmers go bankrupt.
00:49 Today, Onion has brought tears to the eyes of farmers in Maharashtra.
00:54 This is the same Onion whose high rising prices had taken away
00:58 Sushma Swaraj's Chief Minister's chair.
01:01 Since then, the BJP has not come back to power in the National Capital.
01:06 Asia's largest Onion APMC in Nashik's Lasalgaon,
01:11 which is generally crowded with farmers and traders, is silent today.
01:16 As the Onion farmers have announced an indefinite protest
01:20 against the Centre's imposition of a 40% export duty on the kitchen stable.
01:26 Onion auctions had resumed for some time on Thursday after being stalled
01:31 since Monday but were stopped later after the farmers claimed
01:36 that they did not get the Rs.2410 per quintal as promised by NAFED,
01:43 an apex organisation under the Union Agriculture Ministry.
01:47 Despite assurance from Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal,
01:52 Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Farnavis and Agriculture Minister Dhananjay Munde,
01:57 the farmers allege that NAFED has still not purchased the onions
02:02 and they are not getting the right price for their produce.
02:05 My colleague Shubham Bhodke interacted with farmers in Lasalgaon
02:10 to understand their plight. Have a look at this report.
02:15 The farmers are incurring losses.
02:17 The reason is the export duty has been surged for the traders.
02:22 Because of this, the traders are paying less for the produce.
02:25 So eventually the farmer is at loss.
02:27 Neither the traders are at loss nor the government and the farmers are always at loss.
02:32 We don't even have money to pay our children's fees.
02:36 The farmers are incurring losses.
02:39 The reason is the export duty has been surged for the traders.
02:47 Because of this, the traders are paying less for the produce.
02:55 So eventually the farmer is at loss.
03:00 The farmers are incurring losses.
03:06 The farmers are incurring losses.
03:12 Neither the traders are at loss nor the government and the farmers are always at loss.
03:22 Because of this, the farmers are paying less for the produce.
03:30 The government should be providing a minimum selling price for onion farmers
03:35 which should be around 2500 to 3000 per quintal.
03:39 The government should be providing a minimum selling price for onion farmers
03:44 which should be around 2500 to 3000 per quintal.
03:52 The government should immediately lift the 40% export duty on the onions.
03:57 Due to the drought-like situation, we are already suffering
04:01 and now when we are earning some money through onions and tomatoes,
04:05 the government is exploiting the farmers by imposing the 40% export duty.
04:10 The government should immediately lift the 40% export duty on the onions.
04:18 The farmers should be given the minimum selling price of 2 rupees.
04:23 Because it has not rained yet.
04:26 The farmers are so helpless that they have no crops to buy.
04:33 Because of the drought, they are suffering.
04:36 The government is exploiting the farmers by imposing the 40% export duty on the onions.
04:45 Last month, the government launched the Chandrayantri.
04:48 It has reached its destination but it looks like to compensate for the cost,
04:53 the government has imposed a 40% export duty.
04:57 If the government cares for the common man,
04:59 then why has the government not purchased the onions through Nafed?
05:03 Only the traders are purchasing our onions and you are imposing import duty on them.
05:09 If this does not stop, we will express our anger in the upcoming elections through pressing the button.
05:16 Only then will you realize the consequences of causing distress to the farmers.
05:21 You can launch as many spaceships as you want but lift this 40% export duty.
05:27 This is my request to the government.
05:29 Last month, 20-25 days ago, the government launched the Chandrayantri.
05:37 It has reached its destination but it looks like to compensate for the cost,
05:45 the government has imposed a 40% export duty.
05:50 If the government cares for the common man,
05:55 then why has the government not purchased the onions through Nafed?
06:06 Only the traders are purchasing our onions and you are imposing import duty.
06:12 What kind of injustice is this?
06:15 If this does not stop, we will express our anger in the upcoming elections through pressing the button.
06:24 Only then will you realize the consequences of causing distress to the farmers.
06:33 You can launch as many spaceships as you want but lift this 40% export duty.
06:42 This is my request to the government.
06:45 Till when will farmers only be an election agenda?
06:49 Earlier this year, a farmer in Maharashtra's Nashik district,
06:52 furious for not getting the right value for his produce,
06:56 had set on fire his 1.5 acre onion farm.
07:00 The Maharashtra government had in March announced a special scheme
07:04 to support onion growers with a subsidy of Rs. 300 per quintal.
07:09 Most farmers claim the scheme has yet to reach them.
07:13 Even this time, the farmers claim that the government has only handed them assurances.
07:20 That's it for this report. For more such news and updates, subscribe to HW News.
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