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Many farm leaders welcome agricultural reforms despite some resistance in Punjab and HaryanaThe bills remove restrictions on sale and transportation of farm produce and allows them to enter into contracts with large buyers at an as...
20 Sep, 2020, 06.47 PM IST
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...
21 Aug, 2020, 05.44 PM IST
Maharashtra onion traders threaten to boycott trade if restrictions not easedAfter wholesale prices touched Rs 50 per kg in September, the Centre banned exports and imposed stock limits, allowing retail traders to ke...
04 Oct, 2019, 07.53 AM IST
Farmers fear loss, not arrest, and seed illegal Bt cottonIndia allows cultivation of BGI and BGII varieties of Bt cotton.
20 Jun, 2019, 08.03 AM IST
Maharashtra traders to resume buying of kharif crop without committing to pay MSPThe state government had suspended licenses of about 20 traders, who had refused to buy at MSP. They have demanded cancellation of this act...
03 Sep, 2018, 09.41 PM IST
Maharashtra traders boycott farm auctionsTraders at Latur Agricultural Produce Market Committee boycotted the auction of pulses and soyabean.
28 Aug, 2018, 09.33 AM IST
How Pasha Patel is helping farmers align their demands with those of industryPasha Patel heads a group that has the mandate to recommend remunerative prices for agri commodities. He is the single point of contact whe...
07 Jul, 2018, 02.24 PM IST
Pink bollworms may hurt Maharashtra cotton cropJain said it was difficult to convince farmers to remove the crop from the field earlier.
12 Jun, 2018, 11.16 AM IST