Balasaheb Thorat
He said the draft law will be introduced in the monsoon session of the Maharashtra legislature beginning July 5. The Maharashtra government will amend its agriculture law to protect farmers and Agriculture Produce Marketing Committees (APMCs) as the three Central farm laws are not in the interest of agriculturists, State Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat said on Wednesday. He said the draft law will be introduced in the monsoon session of the Maharashtra legislature beginning July 5. “We want to amend the State agriculture law as we feel that the Union government’s agriculture laws are not in the interest of farmers. The proposed amendments will ensure the protection of APMCs, redressal of grievances of farmers and protection of the interests of agriculturists during the crop trade among others. We will also insert a provision mandating license for traders which was not there in the Central laws,” Mr. Thorat told reporters after meeting NCP chief Shar
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