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Mumbai/Hyderabad: A sharp decline in onion prices has left farmers in Maharashtra and Telangana reeling under severe distress, turning what should have been a festive season into one of despair. Prices have plunged by nearly 30–40 percent in major markets, forcing many cultivators to watch their harvest rot in the fields due to poor returns.
In Maharashtra — India’s top onion-producing state — growers are calling this year’s Diwali a “black Diwali.” Producers from Nashik, Pune, Ahmednagar, Solapur, and Marathwada allege that the Centre deliberately released its buffer stock into the market just ahead of the festival season, causing prices to collapse. They claim the move was politically motivated, aimed at keeping urban