date:Jun 15, 2016
On Sunday 12 June, state co-operatives minister Chandrakant Patil visited the town of Niphad tehsil, in Nashik; during his visit, farmers staged demonstrations in protest against the recent crash in onion prices. The growers demanded a Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Rs 2,000 per quintal for onions during the protest.
Delegations of the Shetkari Sanghatana, a state-level association of farmers and Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatna also met the minister Patil, seeking a waiver of complete crop loans