In Madhya Pradesh, families with ration cards will be eligible for 25 kilograms of onions for just Rs. 1 per kg very soon. 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.
