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It's time to revisit repealed APMC and the lost cause of fair crop procurement in Bihar


It s time to revisit repealed APMC and the lost cause of fair crop procurement in Bihar
In Bihar as well as in the country, the need of the hour is to revisit the old decisions and make course corrections
Atul K Thakur
December 11, 2020 12:58:18 IST
File image of the farmers protest in New Delhi. AP
Without offering an effective alternative plan, the Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar repealed the state s Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) in 2006. The stated aim to allow crops to be freely traded in the open market proved disastrous as the Minimum Support Price (MSP) to the farmers remained elusive after a brief respite provided by the Primary Agriculture Credit Society (PACS) and no alternative mechanism that could have mitigated the void created by a sudden and surprising decision. ....

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