Farmers In Karnataka Have Taken To Open Markets With Glee Reveal APMC Revenue Numbers by Swarajya Staff - Feb 16, 2021 06:58 AM Indian labourers go about their business around sacks of onions at the APMC yard in Bangalore. (Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images) Snapshot APMC cess collection numbers from across the state reveal drastic fall. While opposition parties can claim otherwise, farmers in Karnataka seem to have taken to open markets with glee. As reveal recent numbers in the APMC cess revenue, there has been a drastic dip in the money generated by APMC due to reduced rates as well as the new farm laws.