Panel seeks freedom for farmers to sell produce outside APMC

Panel on the integration of commodity spot and derivatives futures also proposes to exempt levy on such sale

Farmers should allowed to sell their farm produce outside of the Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMCs) to help them fetch the best prevailing price for their produce. Whenever the facilities of APMCs are not used, that is, if sale is done outside the APMC premises, such as sale on a regulated electronic platform, or regulated private markets, fee or levy on such sale outside APMCs or mandis should be waived. These were recommendations of the panel on integration of commodity spot and derivatives market chaired by Niti Ayog member, Ramesh Chand.

The panel was set up by a year ago