Men from this hamlet, which has a population of around 3,500, have gathered to raise their concerns about onion prices and water scarcity with the Dindori constituency's Member of Parliament (MP) Bharati Pawar.
Maharashtra's Nashik counts itself as one of the major producers of onions in the country, producing about 6.6 million tonnes annually. The state contributes 43 per cent of the onions harvested in the country, followed by Madhya Pradesh (16 per cent), and Karnataka and Gujarat contribute around 9 per cent each.
As a result, challenges around onion production in this region and fluctuating prices of the kitchen staple are capable of swinging public sentiment, making it a politically sensitive crop. The government attributes policy shifts around onions to unseasonal rains.
Changes in the weather lead to poor yields, causing a shortage of the crop in the domestic market and eventually on India's dinner tables, stirring the lives of consumers.
Similarly, frequent changes in policy stance trouble farmers.
The Centre first imposed a 40 per cent export duty on onions in August last year, followed by a prohibition on export of the crop in December. It lifted the ban this month as the election drums began to beat. The agitation of the farmers in Kanmandale, among thousands of others in Dindori and Nashik, stems from the government's decision to place a ban on the export of onions in the first place.
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