Centre moots e-platforms at wholesale regulated markets for transparency
Sai Nikesh | The Dollar Business In a move to curb untrade practices in agriculture sector and offer better market prices to the farmers for their production, the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation has approved a Centre Sector Scheme to be implemented during FY2014-15 and FY2016-17. A Rs 200 crore-worth ‘Promotion of National Agricultural Market through Agri-Tech Infrastructure Fund (ATIF)’ scheme is aimed at providing a barrier-free national market and an improved market access by integrating warehouse based sales, said the Minister of State for Agriculture, Mohanbhai Kundaria. Through this scheme, the government is intended to provide an alternative marketing channel by creating e-platforms at all wholesale regulated markets across the country. For this purpose, the Agricultural Produce Marketing Companies ...
