Sanjay Sathe from Nashik, Maharashtra sent Rs 1,064 earned after selling 750 kg onions at a huge loss, had sent it through a money order to Prime Minister's Relief Fund.
Sanjay
Sathe, a farmer in Maharashtra earned only Rs 1,064 after selling
750 kg onions and sent his earnings through a money order to the
Prime Minister's Relief Fund. In an usual turn of events, the PMO
returned his money order, reported Dainik Bhaskar today.
The
farmer was surprised when instead of getting some relief, the PMO
suggested that he transfer the money using online banking.
The
PMO replied that they don't accept money orders. Sathe told Dainik
Bhaskar that he hoped the money he sent would help farmers in some
way.
Earlier,
Sathe had taken a tractor load of around 750 kg onion to the Niphad
Agriculture Produce Market Committee wholesale market last week and
was shocked to get just Rs 1.41/kg, or Rs 1,064 for the entire lot of
7.5 quintals.
This
is because of the steep downward trend in onion
prices in the wholesale market due to a variety of factors,
prompting farmers to offload their stocks at virtually throwaway
rates.
Piqued
by the unexpectedly low price he secured, which failed to cover his
cultivation costs, Sathe decided to register his grievance by
donating the entire amount online to the PMRF, for which he shelled
out an additional Rs 54 as money transfer fee.
Anticipating
a poor response, he had carried a placard on his tractor proclaiming
he had no ulterior political motives, but intended to donate the full
onion sale proceeds to the PMRF only to highlight the onion farmers'
plight to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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