In Maharashtra, six hundred metric tonnes of onions arrived in the major market committees including Lasalgaon in the Nasik district since today morning as the traders resumed onion auctioning. The minimum price per tonne today was set at 1,500 rupees, the maximum is 5,900 rupees and the average is 5,100 rupees. However, red onion has not arrived.<br />'' <br />''Onion traders had stopped participating in the auctioning in protest against the Centre's decision of putting up a cap of up to two tonnes for retailers and 25 tonnes for wholesale traders.<br />'' <br />''In a major relief to onion cultivating farmers in Maharashtra who incurred huge financial losses for the last four days, the onion auctioning has resumed in Nasik district today. The move was taken following appeal by Maharashtra CM. <br />''<br />''A delegation of traders yesterday met CM Thackeray in Mumbai who  assured them that the State Government will follow up with the Centre to increase onion stock holding limit .The Nationalist Congress Party Chief Sharad Pawar too, had met onion traders and farmers in Nashik and discussed the problems faced by them.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, as per a revised order by Union Public Distribution Department , traders have been given a period of three days to pack the existing stock of onion they have and send it elsewhere also they are allowed to buy new stock of onions.</span><br />