There has been an agitation among farmers all over India. In the plight of the Union government's decision to ban onion exports to safeguard domestic interests, Karnataka farmers on Saturday pleased to make an exemption. They appealed to the Union government to permit the shipment of 10,000 tonnes of 'Bangalore Rose' variety of onion to restrict the produce from rotting as there is no demand in the domestic market.

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A committee of 'rose variety' onion farmers, led by Kolar BJP Lok Sabha member S Muniswamy, met Union Chemical and Fertiliser Minister DV Sadananda Gowda in Bengaluru and requested him to take up the subject with Union government ministers involved. The statement released from Gowda's office declared that the Union Minister had promised the delegation that he would execute a letter in this regard to the Union Commerce Minister and Agriculture Minister.

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In its memorandum, the delegation said that farmers in Bengaluru Rural, Kolar and Chikkaballapur districts have grown more than 10,000 tonnes of 'Bangalore Rose' onions this year. "This variety is being exported to Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan because there is not much demand for it in the domestic market," the delegation asserted. Requesting the Union government to exempt 'Bangalore Rose' onions from the export ban, the delegation asserted, "If the export of 10,000 tonnes is not allowed, then the entire quantity would be destroyed."

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