The State government should introduce a Bill to strengthen Agriculture Produce Marketing Committees (APMCs) by scrapping the amendments introduced by the last government, farmers organisations demanded in Belagavi on Monday.
Members of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Bharatiya Krishik Samaj held a meeting in the APMC Yard here to discuss various issues. They have submitted a memorandum to the government to introduce such a Bill at the earliest.
Prakash Kammaradi, former chairman of the Karnataka Agriculture Prices Commission, who addressed the meeting, said that the amendments to the Act have defeated the purpose of enabling farmers to bargain collectively.
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