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Foundation stone of an APMC laid down in 1965 by K. S. Puttaswamy, erstwhile Minister of Mysore State. An Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) is a marketing board established by state governments in India to ensure farmers are safeguarded from exploitation by large retailers, as well as ensuring the farm to retail price spread does not reach excessively high levels.
Lasalgaon is a prominent hub for onion cultivation and thus the onion's name is derived from this town, with 99% of its agricultural area dedicated to this crop, engaging over 1,000 farmers. The region's onion market is equally impressive, handling approximately 2.5 lakh tonnes of onions annually.
As of 2001 India census, [2] Lasalgaon had a population of 25,525. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Lasalgaon has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 72%. In Lasalgaon, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020 was an act of the Indian Government [1] that permits intrastate and inter-state trade of farmers’ produce beyond the physical premises of Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) market yards (mandis) and other markets notified under state APMC Acts. [2] [3]
The Mahuva Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) was established in 1858. [citation needed] Mahuva and its surrounding villages produce onions. The Mahuva market yard is the second largest onion trading centre in India after Lasalgaon, Maharashtra. [4] It is spread across 38–40 acres of land.
Rashtriya e-Market Services (ReMS) is established as a joint venture of Government of Karnataka (India) and NCDEX spot exchange limited with equal shareholding. It was conceived to blend public interest with the initiative of a private enterprise for establishing, operating, managing a specialized electronic trading platform called Unified Market Platform (UMP) for auctioning of farmer's produce.
North-South Corridor under construction near Sabarmati Powerhouse and Sabarmati Railway Station 9 July 2017. The Phase-1 (North-South Corridor) of Ahmedabad Metro consists of 15 metro stations from APMC to Motera Stadium with a total distance of 18.87 km (11.73 mi).
The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of bicameral state legislature of the Maharashtra state in India.Maharashtra came into existence on 1 May 1960. The number of constituencies of the first Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Maharashtra state legislature in 1960 was 264. 33 constituencies were reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled ...