Vegetables like Tomatoes and Onions were in news these days when the prices of these essentials has shot up considerably. The states have started Rythu Baazars, Local mandis and other ways to arrest the prices of these vegetables from time to time.
It may be recalled that the Prices of Onions have brought the Dixit Government down earlier. So the states cannot take a chance on Vegetables. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was seen bargaining with the greengrocer. In the end he bought tomatoes, cucumber, methi and a few other vegetables – all for Rs 200.
The “market” was at the forecourt of the Vidhan Bhavan. It was the “Sant Shiromani Shri Savta Mali Athavda Bazar” that the Chief Minister had inaugurated in the morning.
The weekly-market is a government initiative which would enable farmers to sell their produce directly to consumers, leaving out the middlemen.
“Here, the consumers will get farm fresh vegetables weighed on electronic scales and priced at reasonable rates. The farmers will get the right to fix the price of their produce and get an authorised outlet to sell their produce,” Fadnavis said.
The products sold will be fresh — raw, semi-ripe, rotten, broken or over-ripe agriculture produce will not be allowed.Weekly markets, he said, are a typical fixture in rural Maharashtra.
