PUNE: Sudam Ingle, a farmer from Purandar, spent around Rs 66,000 on his onion crop this season. The incessant rains damaged most of his yield, but he managed to salvage a portion and spent another Rs 1,500 to pack and transport it to the Purandar market yard for sale on Friday. To his shock, Ingle received just Rs 664 for 7.5 quintals of onions. “This was from one acre of land. I still have onions from another 1.5 acres, but I won’t sell them; I’ll run a rotor and turn them into fertiliser for next year. That’s more profitable than selling,” he said. “I’m still a relatively big farmer. I don’t know how smaller farmers with just one or two acres, many of whom have taken loans, will survive. If the govt doesn’t step in, farmer suicides will increase.” Ingle’s story is echoed across Mah

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