For Indiaâs Farmers, APMCs Are Fast Losing Relevance
by Tushar G. - Mar 2, 2021 12:13 PM
APMC Mandis Are Fast Losing Relevance For Farmers
Snapshot
When viewed from the lens of MSPs, pricing, trader interests, and farmer income, the APMC structure comes across as a decade-old socialist curse, hindering growth, agriculture expansion, investment, and innovation.
The socialist curse of APMCs has thrived for far too long, and while it cannot be abolished, the next best option is to have the farmers the freedom to opt for the private sector route to sell their crops.
One of the greatest misconceptions surrounding the new farm laws was that they would do away with the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMCs). Given the protests were centered around Punjab where a majority of the MSP procurement happens at the APMCs, the concerns did warrant addressing.
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Jalandhar, January 24
Aam Aadmi Party Delhi MLA and co-incharge of AAP Punjab Raghav Chaddha said on Sunday that Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh knew about the farm laws and was privy to the terms of reference of the high-powered committee constitutes to make and discuss the laws in August 2019, yet he remained silent for a year and did not share the information with the state peasantry.
Chadha also said the chief minister knew about the terms of reference clearly mentioned in the office memorandum, which he claimed would mean large scale privatisation and corporatisation of agriculture in the country.
Chadha, who claimed he was sharing information received by his party through an RTI, said Punjab chief minister didn’t oppose the farm laws well in time, when they could have been withdrawn.
Centre’s affidavit in SC on farm laws misleading, contempt: Congress
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AICC spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi cited “contradictions” in a related Right to Information (RTI) replies and questioned how the affidavit could refer to “consultations over the last two decades” on agriculture reforms as examples of “pre-legislative consultations” on these particular contentious farm laws.
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New Delhi: Congress has questioned the veracity and credibility of the Centre’s affidavit filed before the Supreme Court on the pre-legislative consultations on the farm bills before they were enacted into laws. AICC spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi cited “contradictions” in a related Right to Information (RTI) replies and questioned how the affidavit could refer to “consultations over the last two decades” on agriculture reforms as examples of “pre-legislative consultations” on these particular content