Apmc Mandis

Bihar mandis in 'deplorable' state after repeal of APMC Act: Report

APMC Acts are legislations that govern the functioning of mandis in most states and regulate buying and selling of agricultural produce

Supply-chain efficiency

Improvements can reduce food price spikes

Chhattisgarh government achieves over 50% of paddy procurement at MSP

The BJP government has increased the cap and is procuring 21 quintal/acre of paddy from farmers

Parliamentary panel urges govt to encourage millets production, procurement

A high level Parliamentary panel has suggested that the government should encourage production and procurement of millets in all the states, specially those having significant tribal population

Cabinet nod to APMCs availing finance from Rs 1 trn agri-infra fund: Tomar

APMC mandis will now be eligible to avail financial support from the Rs 1 lakh crore Agriculture Infrastructure Fund to expand the regulated markets' capacity and provide better facilities to farmers

Top headlines: TCS Q1 net rises 28.5%; Rs 23k-cr Covid package announced

Centre makes mandis eligible for loans, Growth worries, Chinese tech rout drag Wall Street lower, and other top headlines of the day

Farm stir at the crossroads as west Uttar Pradesh is the new battleground

In Ghazipur, where BKU leader Rakesh Tikait has been staging the protests, the farmers have dug in following reports that he might be arrested for his alleged role in inciting the protesters on Jan 26

NBHC plans to start an electronic market platform outside the mandis

This will complement its growing network of NABL-accredited quality testing and assaying labs along with existing storage infrastructure

Agri market reforms ignore reality

A free market-based system does not reflect the diversity of the Indian agro-economy or the interests of small farmers

Govt-farmers meet: 9th round ends with date for 10th round of talks

Unions stuck to their main demand of a complete repeal of the three Acts

Farm laws: Supreme irony

Apex court offers a face-saver

Road to nowhere

Time for the Opposition to pull back on farm laws

Assure farmers of minimum procurement: Economists tell Modi govt

Ask government to tap rising financial savings

India Inc has always played a role in agriculture, albeit a limited one

Innumerable committees have recommended reforming the regulated markets much before 2003, when the first model APMC Act was framed to do precisely that in the country

Deadlock continues over farm laws, ministers and unions to meet again Fri

Farmers' representatives refused to accept the option of amendment offered by the government

A dead end

Govt cannot accept extreme demands of farmers

Farmers threaten to intensify agitation if demands aren't met by Jan 4

Over 850 academicians extend support to the three farm acts

Farmers to ring in New Year at borders as leaders draw plans for next meet

Adamant on call for repealing three farm acts even as industry bodies claim stir has caused Rs 70,000 cr loss

Food inflation in states with strong 'mandis' & those without: Status check

The following chart shows the average retail food and beverages inflation of Punjab and Haryana as compared with Bihar, where APMCs where made redundant few years back

Govt invites farmers for talks on Wed, says it has 'open mind' on demands

The agriculture ministry has invited representatives of more than a dozen unions for the meeting at 2 p.m. in Vigyan Bhawan