At a time when the government has failed to control spiralling onion prices, the Lasalgaon Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) has come up with a solution to address the issue. It has decided to sell onions directly to consumers on a ‘no profit no loss basis’.
“Our main aim is to make people and the government know that (only) mediators are getting the real advantage of this price rise and not farmers,” Jaydatta Holkar, chairman, Lasalgaon APMC, told Business Standard.

The Lasalgaon APMC today sold 80 quintals of onions directly to consumers at Rs 25 a kg in Gangapur area of Nashik city. The APMC will expand its distribution network to other parts of the city from tomorrow.

“We have undertaken this project to make onions available at a minimum rate on a ‘no profit no loss basis’. Onions purchased from farmers will be sold directly to consumers from mobile vans in Nashik city.”