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Improve APMCs, not close them: AIKMS
Why is it in news?
- The All-India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha (AIKMS) released a document countering the claims of the central government on the three contentious farm laws.
- AIKMS has accused the government of propagating “falsehood” to claim that the laws would help farmers.
Key points of the document:
- The farmers had demanded improvement in the functioning of the mandis under the Agricultural Produce Market Committee Act and not freedom from them.
- The functioning of mandis, supply of fertilizers, electricity and irrigation would not be promoted with the government promoting private companies under the new laws.
- The government is trying to deny Minimum Support Price at C2+50% in the name of keeping food costs low for the poor people.
- Giving C2+50% as MSP will not make food costly if input costs are decreased proportionally.
- The solution to the farmers problems was cheap inputs and cheap loans.