Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday informed the Legislative Assembly that the state government stands with farmers and that the purchase process by the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) has begun.

"The state government is giving justice to the farmers. We have also helped the affected farmers. The purchase process by NAFED has also begun. 2.38 lakh MT of onion has been procured so far. Onion export is also not banned. Further help will be announced to the onion farmers as per requirement," CM Shinde said.