PM shutters market committees in Punjab
Provincial authorities have also been ordered to reconstitute the agricultural marketing regulatory body
Prime Minister Imran Khan addressing a ceremony in Islamabad after witnessing an agreement signed between Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government and World Bank for ECO Tourism. SCREENGRAB
LAHORE:
Irked by reports of widespread corruption, Prime Minister Imran Khan has dissolved the market committees in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Furthermore, the premier has also ordered provincial authorities to reconstitute Punjab Agricultural Marketing Regulatory Authority (PAMRA). Officials familiar with the development said the provincial regulatory authority will undergo a complete reshuffle.
The move comes after provincial and federal authorities uncovered evidence of corruption in the market committees. It was further revealed that heads of several market committees had presented fake credentials before the government to represent farmers. On t
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Agricultural markets in Odisha
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The raging controversy regarding the new farm laws and the country-wide protest of farmers have once again brought to focus the crucial role played by agricultural markets in economic development. States like Punjab, Haryana and Maharashtra have well developed marketing systems which have contributed to their prosperity. Other states have lagged and continued with the traditional systems. Reforms have taken a back seat.
Agriculture market reform in India has historically been a vexatious issue. The Royal Commission on Agriculture in 1928 noted the need to regulate agricultural markets. The Madras Commercial Crops Act 1933 (which was then applicable to areas of present day Odisha) laid down certain restrictions. The Constitution of India (1950) prescribed that “Agriculture”, “markets and fairs” and “trade and commerce within the state” are all State subjects (Entry 14, 26, 28, List II, Seventh Schedule). Agricultural markets
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