Bihar Apmc News Today

Farm Laws: Fate of Farmers in Bihar Points To What Those Across India Might Soon Face High volatility in crop prices, coupled with the absence of APMCs, means that farmers usually have to sell their produce well below the MSP. Rajiv Kumar Ojha. Photo: Parth M.N./Peoples Archive of Rural India Rights26/Feb/2021 Muzaffarpur: Rajiv Kumar Ojha does not know which is more stressful: harvesting a decent crop or trying to sell it. “You might find it funny, but my troubles begin after I get a good...

In the ten marketing seasons between 2007-08 and 2016-17 (the latest data available), not a single season saw prices in Bihar go beyond MSP. Prices remained 90% or more of MSP in four seasons and fell even below that level in the remaining six. In Punjab, on the other hand, there were two seasons when prices went beyond MSP, while only one saw them fall below 90% of MSP. Similarly, for seven seasons during this period, farmers in Haryana sold wheat at higher prices than MSP, while two seasons s...