Agricultural Produce Markets Act

The Shiromani Akali Dal on Friday said it planned to move a private member's bill in the next assembly session seeking the removal of amendments made to the Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 2017.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today targeted Congress over party chief Sonia Gandhi's advice to party-ruled states to bypass the farm laws brought by Centre through legislative measures and said that the opposition party in its 2019 Lok Sabha manifesto had promised the Agricultural Produce Market Committees Act will be repealed.

Thousands of farmers across BJP-ruled Karnataka joined the countrywide protest against the new farm laws this morning. Their other grouse was against changes to the land acquisition act -- which makes it easier for non-farmers to buy agricultural land -- and amendments to the APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committees) Act, which lists rules for ...

Amid a walkout by the opposition Congress and JD(S), the Karnataka assembly on Saturday approved an amendment to the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act, which allows private players to directly approach farmers to purchase agricultural produce.

Defending his government's ordinance that amended laws to curtail powers of the Agricultural Produce Market Committees, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday said he has taken oath of office in the name of farmers and would not hold the post ''even for a minute'' if their interests are affected.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday revalidated and extended validity of a Rs 17,523 crore authorisation as cash credit limit (CCL) for wheat crop of the rabi 2016-17 season in Punjab till May 31.

Expressing relief at retail inflation falling to a 30-month low in June, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) has suggested a slew of steps like scrapping of the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act and encouraging private sector investments in back-end infrastructure to bring down prices further.

The Shiromani Akali Dal on Friday said it planned to move a private member's bill in the next assembly session seeking the removal of amendments made to the Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 2017.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today targeted Congress over party chief Sonia Gandhi's advice to party-ruled states to bypass the farm laws brought by Centre through legislative measures and said that the opposition party in its 2019 Lok Sabha manifesto had promised the Agricultural Produce Market Committees Act will be repealed.

Thousands of farmers across BJP-ruled Karnataka joined the countrywide protest against the new farm laws this morning. Their other grouse was against changes to the land acquisition act -- which makes it easier for non-farmers to buy agricultural land -- and amendments to the APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committees) Act, which lists rules for ...

Amid a walkout by the opposition Congress and JD(S), the Karnataka assembly on Saturday approved an amendment to the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act, which allows private players to directly approach farmers to purchase agricultural produce.

Defending his government's ordinance that amended laws to curtail powers of the Agricultural Produce Market Committees, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday said he has taken oath of office in the name of farmers and would not hold the post ''even for a minute'' if their interests are affected.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday revalidated and extended validity of a Rs 17,523 crore authorisation as cash credit limit (CCL) for wheat crop of the rabi 2016-17 season in Punjab till May 31.

Expressing relief at retail inflation falling to a 30-month low in June, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) has suggested a slew of steps like scrapping of the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act and encouraging private sector investments in back-end infrastructure to bring down prices further.