The Maharashtra government is looking at several options to generate alternate sources of revenue for Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs) that may struggle to survive once the farm laws are fully implemented in the state. A study committee has been formed to suggest ways and means to enhance revenues for market committees. A circular issued […]
Arrivals of several crops in the organised mandis have picked up ever since the Supreme Court stayed the implementation of the three contentious farm laws on 12 January, 2021, according to official data on the Union agriculture ministry’s Agmarknet portal. Of the ten major kharif crops, mandis have seen increased arrivals in five crops – […]
Traders and corporate houses are purchasing from farmers at rates marginally higher than the local mandi prices in the case of many crops such as paddy, bajra and soyabean. To say the very least, a part of the savings on mandi fees/taxes and arathiya commission are being passed on to farmers by them. Corporate buyers […]
Amid the row over the three new federal farm laws aimed at giving unfettered market access to farmers, the producers of various crops seem to have started to rely much less on the organised APMC mandis, says a report in the Financial Express. According to data reviewed by Financial Express, of the 10 major kharif […]
Punjab and Haryana are the only two states where the procurement continues to be wholly routed via APMC mandis. Both the states also maintain much higher level of taxes on agriculture trade, inflating the Centre’s food subsidy outgo. On October 26, the Union food ministry sent a letter to secretary-food and civil supplies in Punjab […]
Over the past few weeks, much has been written on the newly enacted farm bills, which have been termed “historic” by the proponents while “death warrant” for farmers by the opposition groups. The issues of contention range from the removal of commission agents, entry of private players, absence of price fixation mechanism among others. For […]
Agribazaar, India’s leading marketplace for agri-commodities trading, is expecting its gross trading value (GTV) to double this year following big-ticket reforms announced by the government recently giving farmers the option to sell to multiple buyers and not just in designated mandis. Speaking to indoasiancommodities.com, Amith Agarwal, CEO of the three-year old platform said Agribazaar had […]
India said on Friday it had integrated 38 new agri-produce markets, or mandis, to its eNAM electronic trading platform, taking the number of such markets nationally to 1,000. “Thirty-eight additional mandis were integrated with the eNAM platform today, thus achieving milestone of integration of 415 mandis as per the planned target…With the overall success of […]
In its first major move to usher in reforms in agri marketing space and promote farm-to-fork initiative, the Uttar Pradesh cabinet approved an ordinance de-listing 46 fruits and vegetables from the provisions of the APMC. This effectively eliminates the role of middlemen and allows farmers to sell their produce directly to consumers and traders outside […]
More than 100,000 jeera farmers in the two districts of western Rajasthan – Barmer and Jaisalmer – are facing extreme difficulty in clearing off their harvest this year following disruptions in the functioning of the key Unjha mandi in nearby Gujarat. The mandi is a major sales platform that deals in cumin or jeera in […]
