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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Photo: ANI)

States should dismantle APMCs, adopt e-NAM for farmers' benefit: Sitharaman

2 min read . 12 Nov 2019

Opinion | How to weaken the mandi monopoly

3 min read . 07 Nov 2018

It is clear that we will have to wait till 2019 for deep agricultural reforms. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

The wait for deep agricultural reforms

4 min read . 28 May 2018

Under the present Maharashtra APMC Act, all farm produce except vegetables, fruits and sugarcane, must be sold at APMC markets or other designated markets. Photo: AP

APMC reforms in Maharashtra hit a roadblock

4 min read . 06 Apr 2018

PM Narendra Modi wants states to swifty undertake market reforms of the decades-old and restricted APMC architecture. Photo: Reuters

Narendra Modi calls for swift APMC reforms to benefit farmers

2 min read . 23 Mar 2018

The thorny issue of agriculture marketing reform has again been sidestepped. Photo: Bloomberg

The centre’s failure to steer agriculture right

4 min read . 19 Mar 2018

Contract farming suffers from market failures. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

The government’s role in contract farming

4 min read . 02 Mar 2018

Apart from the agriculture sector, there needs to be increased focus on agriculture-allied sectors if we want to improve overall rural income. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Rural India: focus on non-agriculture sector

4 min read . 31 Jan 2018

The act seeks to bar the transfer of ownership of the farmer’s land to companies under all circumstances.

Centre drafts model contract farming act to counter price risks

2 min read . 28 Dec 2017

Agriculture is an arena where policy-induced distortion is the rule, not an exception. Photo: HT

Unshackle Indian agriculture

4 min read . 13 Dec 2017

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. The state government has put off elections to all 306 Agriculture Produce Marketing Committees (APMCs) across Maharashtra by at least by one-and-a-half years. Photo: Mint

Maharashtra government defers APMC elections, NCP sees red

3 min read . 13 Sep 2017

Sharad Pawar had to clarify that NCP wouldn’t join NDA meant speculation had gained some credence and couldn’t be dismissed by just party spokespersons, an NCP leader said. Photo: HT

NCP workers in Maharashtra feel party’s in a state of drift

3 min read . 07 Sep 2017

Maharashtra has 305 APMCs across the state, which regulate purchase and sale of agriculture commodities in designated APMC markets. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

Maharashtra plans to give farmers more say in marketing panels

3 min read . 07 Aug 2017

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis did not clarify if the proposed law will also apply to licensed traders who operate at APMC mandis. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

Maharashtra to ban purchase of farm produce below MSP

1 min read . 04 May 2017

The announcement is in keeping with the Maharashtra government’s efforts to break the monopoly of APMCs over the buying and selling of farm produce as per the APMC Act of 1961. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

Maharashtra government likely to deregulate foodgrain prices

3 min read . 03 May 2017

The government had on on 24 April put out a model law proposing a fundamental reset in the way agricultural markets, such as mandis and APMC markets, operate. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Government planning ‘one nation, one market’ in agriculture sector

3 min read . 02 May 2017

At present, farmers can sell their produce at regulated APMC mandis only. There are 6,746 such mandis and each one is located at a gap of 462 km. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Govt aims to end APMC monopoly with new model agricultural law

2 min read . 25 Apr 2017

The centre is likely to present the new model law on agriculture marketing before states during a national consultation later this month. Photo: Bloomberg

States keen on agriculture sector reforms, says centre

2 min read . 13 Apr 2017

RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav during an election campaign rally in ongoing UP assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. Photo: PTI

Political updates: Will it be caste or development in Uttar Pradesh polls 2017?

4 min read . 03 Mar 2017

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

Maharashtra govt may give farmers voting rights in APMC elections

3 min read . 03 Mar 2017

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