Gujarat Assembly passes APMC amendment bill
February 26, 2018
Gandhinagar:
Agriculture Market Produce Committees(APMCs) in Gujarat will not need to take license anymore for some pro-farmer activities which presently require license. The Gujarat government today moved an amendment bill for this in the assembly which was passed with through majority.
According to minister Ishwarsinh Patel who moved the Gujarat Khet Utpann Bajar Sudhara Vidheyak 2018, one the bill is approved and it becomes law, Khet Utpann Bajar Samitis will be able to purchase and sell farm produces. They are also given power for cleaning, grading, sorting, branding, processing, value addition, storage, cold storage, making godown arrangements, marketing and contract farming. They will also be able to purchase the farm produce at minimum support price(MSP) fixed by the government. They will not need to take any license for this.
DeshGujarat
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