Farmer Travels 415 Km To Bengaluru To Sell Onions, Receives Only Rs 8.36 For 205 Kg

A receipt showing that a farmer from Gadag received Rs 8.36 for selling 205 kg of onions at the Yeshwanthpur market in Bengaluru has gone viral on social media.

The receipt had been shared on social media by the distraught farmer, who wanted to warn his fellow farmers against transferring their goods to Bengaluru.

The bill given by the wholesaler indicates that the onions have been priced at Rs 200 per quintal.?

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However, after subtracting Rs 24 from the porter charges and Rs 377.64 for the freight, he handed Rs 8.36 to the farmer, Pawadeppa Hallikeri, who lives in the village of Timmapur.

About 50 farmers from Gadag traveled 415 kilometers to sell their onions at the Yeshwanthpur market. They were dismayed that the price had dropped to Rs 200 per quintal from approximately Rs 500 just a few days earlier.

Farm groups are organizing a protest to get the state government to ensure a fixed price for farmers' produce.

"Farmers from Pune and Tamil Nadu, who bring their produce to Yeshwanthpur, are getting a good price as their crop is better. But still, none of us expected the price to be this low," Pawadeppa told the news agency, the new Indianexpress.

"I got just Rs 8 and posted the receipt on social media to alert other farmers to avoid the Yeshwanthpur market as the Gadag and north Karnataka onion crop is not getting a good price there. I spent over Rs 25,000 to grow and transport the crop to market. Many farmers like me are now disappointed," Pawadeppa said.

Yallappa Babari, head of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha Gadag district, stated,

"We have requested the state government to declare the minimum support price as soon as possible as farmers have suffered losses this whole year due to continuous rain. If no decision is taken, we will protest in the first week of December."

Netizens reacted to the viral receipt and wrote:

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