29. In Madhya Pradesh, Government To Give Away Onions For Rs 1 Per Kg

In Madhya Pradesh, families with ration cards will be eligible for 25 kilograms of In May, onion prices hit rock bottom and farmers in the state were forced to sell their produce for as low as 50 paise per kilogram to whole sellers. It was then the BJP state government came to their rescue and set up onion procurement centres across the state offering Rs 6 per kg as support price. In the month long process, state government bought 10.4 lakh quintals of onions.

Although due to rain and inadequate storage facilities, over 3.8 lakh quintals of onions worth crores have rot. The government's solution to this problem is giving away the remaining onion to people of the state at Rs 1 per kg.