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UP amends Mandi Act to facilitate direct procurement from farmers -Sanjeeb Mukherjee

-Business Standard Farmers allowed to sell 46 fruits and Vegetables directly without bringing them to mandis After allowing FPOs to directly procure from farmers, Uttar Pradesh has announced another set of reforms to its Mandi Act. The state joins the long list of domains that have used the Covid-19 crisis to make changes in their APMC rules in order to facilitate direct procurement from farmers. Please click here to read more. ...

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Money for nothing, pumpkins for free -Sayantan Bera

-Livemint.com * A ground report reveals deep distress among Vegetable and fruit farmers. Is this the right stage for agri-reform? * Despite repeated attempts to weaken state regulation, no competing agency can aggregate large volumes of produce and also help in price discovery BULANDSHAHR/ NEW DELHI: When Surendra Panwar speaks, his words are steeped in politeness. For instance, when asked whether it was his farm, Panwar’s response was, “Yes, but it belongs to...

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Small Farmers, Big Crisis, and SMS is no Solution, Say Farm Leaders -Afzal Imam

-Newsclick.in The lockdown has got the government talking about agri ‘reforms’ again, but the exploitation of India’s weakest farmers continues unchecked. It is a cruel irony that in the sixth week of the nationwide lockdown, the government is talking up omnibus agriculture “reforms” as if they can mitigate the growing distress in rural India. Reforms, no doubt, implies stricter compliance with online registration and payment rules, more focus on market-based pricing, and...

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Panic Buying In Tamil Nadu Ahead Of "Intense Lockdown" In 5 Major Cities -J Sam Daniel Stalin

-NDTV Covid-19 lockdown: Tamil Nadu has reported over 1,800 coronavirus cases and 22 deaths so far with 452 cases in state capital Chennai, 141 in Coimbatore, 110 in Tirupur, 56 in Madurai 56 and 30 in Salem Chennai: Vegetable shops and grocery stores in Tamil Nadu will remain open till 3 pm, Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami said this morning after panic buying of essential goods was witnessed in major cities ahead...

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Logistic constraints: Few takers among retail biggies for direct purchase from farmers -Prabhudatta Mishra

-Financial Express Except Madhya Pradesh, no other state has so far acted upon the Centre’s advisory, leaving farmers, the intended beneficiaries of the move, high and dry. The Centre’s April 4 directive to states, asking them to facilitate direct purchase of farm produce including grains, pulses and fruits and Vegetables by big retailers, aggregators and food processors hasn’t produced any immediate results. Except Madhya Pradesh, no other state has so far acted...

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