Refuting opposition charge that abolition of APMC Act has worked against farmers of Bihar,Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday said in fact the agri reforms have benefitted the cultivators which could be understood from the fact that the state has made highest ever 35.59 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of paddy procurement in the current season. Replying to a debate on the motion of thanks on the Governors address to the joint session of the state legislature on Friday,the chief minister mentioned the pioneering efforts made by the state to fight coronavirus and other initiatives to improve health, power,road etc, drawing a comparison with the scenario 15 years back.