Rohit Pawar joins onion farmers' protest; says govt must buy produce at Rs 25 per kgNCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar led a protest demanding the government buy onions at Rs 25 per kg. Farmers are selling produce at distress prices ...
How war, weather & soaring costs are turning onion harvest into a loss-making nightmareMaharashtra's onion farmers are facing severe financial distress as prices plummet below production costs due to bumper arrivals, unseasona...
Maharashtra farmer sells 25 sacks, gets nothing, asked to pay Re 1 insteadA farmer from Paithan, Maharashtra, received just Re 1 after selling 25 sacks of onions. This incident underscores the severe agrarian cris...
APMCs in Maharashtra observe one day strike protesting against deregulation of marketsTraders working at the APMC premises have demanded that they too be given the relaxation from paying taxes, a benefit their counterparts wo...
Vashi APMC grains traders demand exclusion from centre's ordinance on market deregulationThe NCP, which is part of the ruling coalition, controls most of Maharashtra’s APMCs, which are among the nerve centres of rural politics i...
More traders test positive at Vashi APMC; market to remain openThe health department of Navi Mumbai municipal Corporation had issued an order to keep all the markets of the Vashi APMC closed for 15 days.
Centre pushes for eNAM in states without APMCsNirmala Sitharaman recently asked states to scrap APMCs and join eNAM to help farmers get better price realisation of their produce. APMC i...
Industry welcomes denotification of fruits and vegetables from APMC proposed in Budget 2017Agricultural marketing is a state subject and the central government had first circulated the model APMC Act in 2003 for the states to adop...
AAP Accuses Sena MLA Arjun Khotkar of Rs 500 crore APMC scamPreeti Sharma Menon said the violating almost all the rules of the APMC act, Khotkar has been using the shops in APMC to sell anything from...
AMPCs on strike today against agriculture reformsThe Maharashtra government's decision will help 30 APMCs from the state to become part of the NAM. The decision does not apply to grains an...
Maharashtra refuses to control onion, potato prices under APMC ActMaharashtra agriculture min in a meeting with the APMC representatives decided that the state will not impose stock limit on onions and pot...
APMC chief in Anti-Corruption Bureau net for accepting Rs 13 lakh bribeAPMC chief Atul Ganyarapwar and his subordinate Rajapure were nabbed yesterday while accepting the money from a contractor.
Farmers should get access to larger markets to get benefits of APMC reformIt will also need to ensure that unfair practices do not take place. For that reason, there will still be a need for the APMC regulations.
- Core services of APMCs not to attract service tax: CBEC
Any other service provided by the APMCs for a separate charge, other than market fee to either the licensees or farmers would be liable to ...
- Maharashtra lets farmers bypass APMC
Maharashtra farmers can now sell their produce directly to anyone without the interference of APMCs.
- Turmeric auctions resume at Sangli APMC
APMC and farmers decided to re-start the auctions as any political decision about low prices would have taken long due to code of conduct f...
- Onion prices touch Rs 7,100 per quintal in Nashik APMCs
Onion prices in various Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMCs) here soared to a high of Rs 7,100 per quintal.