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Paithan farmer sells onions for Re 1/kg, handed bill of -Re 1 after deductions | Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar News

CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: A Paithan farmer’s onion sale receipt has once aging put the spotlight on the deepening agrarian distress in Maharashtra.Prakash Galadhar, a 45-year-old farmer from Varudi in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar’s Paithan taluka, sold 25 sacks of onions at the Paithan APMC, only to realise a total value of Rs 1,262, amounting to Re 1 per…

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