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Retailing Agri-Biz & Commodities - Marketing Web Extras - Agricultural Policy States - Karnataka Direct purchase nod for Metro, Reliance, 2 others 
Get access to agro-products Our Bureau Bangalore, July 8 Karnataka has opened the doors of the agricultural marketing sector to private players by allowing four companies, including one multinational company, to directly purchase agro-products from the growers. Disclosing this to reporters at a press conference here, Mr Shivaraj S. Thangadagi, Minister for Agricultural Marketing, said the private players, however, had been given licences to purchase only fruits and vegetables from the farmers. The private companies that been given licences for purchase of agro-products directly from the growers include the multinational Metro Cash and Carry, besides Reliance Fresh, Nilgiris and Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers (MCF). The recent amendment to the Agricultural Produce Marketing Corporation (APMC) Act had paved the way for the private players to purchase agricultural produce directly from the farmers. Mr Thangadagi also added that the Government has allowed APMCs in various parts of the State to issue necessary licences to private players interested in purchasing agricultural produce directly from the farmers. He did not rule out the presence of more private players in different parts of the State as the APMC would have locally given private players permission. He said over the last few years, the cess collected by APMCs raised Rs 150-200 crore annually. In 2008-09, the amount raised was Rs 202 crore, while in the current fiscal the targeted sum is Rs 260 crore. The increase in collections and targets is despite the fall in agriculture production in 2008-09 and a situation of deficit monsoon so far in the state. Meanwhile, Mr B.S. Yeddyurappa, the Chief Minister, on Wednesday, heaved a sigh or relief over the good rainfall in different parts of the State during the last few days. He was inaugurating a two-day State level conference of APMCs.
During his address to the gathering on the occasion, Mr Yeddyurappa point out that only 50 per cent of the agricultural produce was brought to the APMC yards by the farmers for marketing. “It is time for the Government and the officials to introspect why the entire 100 per cent is not brought to the markets by the farmers. We have to introspect why we have not been able to free the farmer from the clutches of the middleman till now,” Mr Yeddyurappa said. He called upon the APMC representatives and the subject experts, who will be participating in the two-day-long conference, to suggest ways and means to prevent the exploitation of farmers. He said more than four crore people in the State were engaged in agriculture. More Stories on : Retailing | Marketing | Agricultural Policy | Karnataka
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