Cong leaders hold protest against amending of APMC act

Bengaluru: The state Congress leaders on Wednesday, May 20 held a protest against the state government opposing the amending of the APMC Act.

The protest was held at the premises of Vidhan Soudha here. Congress laders like Shivakumar, Siddaramaiah, Eshwar Khandre lead the protest.

It may be recalled that Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa had said that the new amendment in the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act will substantially aid the farmers in getting remunerative price for their produce.

“Amendment will not dilute the powers of the work of the APMCs. All these marketing activities will be monitored by the Directorate of State APMC. This new amendment Act will benefit farmers in improving their income & suffering from losses due to market fluctuations,” the CM BSY tweeted.

Yediyurappa further said that the amendment will indirectly help farmers in doubling their income by 2022.

“This amendment will indirectly help farmers in doubling their income by 2022. I want to clarify that we have not removed the APMC Act, we are only amending 2 sections of the APMC Act which enable farmers to sell their produce at the markets where they intend to,” he tweeted.