No, reforms are not anti-farmer, but in the interest of farmers. The present APMC system is contributing to farmers’ apathy and must be reformed. The state APMC laws provide fertile breeding grounds for anti-competitive activities nurtured by local vested interests, which in turn retard competitive market price realisation by farmers. Therefore, pro-competition elements must be included by reforming the present, yet age-old, regulatory regime. Ideally states should lead such reforms, but failing ..
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