Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, three ‘Disinfectant Tunnels’ that are installed at separate places in Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Market on Mysuru-Nanjangud Road were launched recently. The disinfectant tunnels have been installed by the Mysuru Zilla and Taluk Panchayat and Hosahundi Gram Panchayat in collaboration with APMC to protect…
Mysuru APMC brokers distribute vegetables for free at Janatanagar
March 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Not for commission but out of compassion… As we all know commission is the term synonym with brokers. But APMC brokers in city have spoken out the language of compassion, loud and clear. The APMC Brokers Association distributed vegetables free of cost on some roads in Janatanagar yesterday that were hit by the lockdown….
State Metrology Department Collects Rs.10 lakh fine from erring traders
February 10, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: “There was a target of registering 800 complaints against traders who were found cheating customers in weight. We have reached the target and a total of Rs. 10 lakh fine has been collected from the erring traders,” said Mahadevaswamy, an Officer from the Legal Metrology Department. Speaking at a meeting organised by Mysore Grahakara…
Low prices: Farmers dump vegetables
November 4, 2018Mysuru: Disheartened by the sudden falling prices for their crops, hundreds of irate farmers staged a protest this morning in front of Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) office at APMC premises in Bandipalya here. They threw truckloads of vegetables including tomatoes, cucumber, cauliflower and brinjal on the road to register their protest. They even distributed…
Congress bags Mysuru APMC President post
October 28, 2018Mysuru: The Congress won the prestigious APMC (Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee) President post defeating the JD(S) in a keenly contested polls that took place at the APMC yard at Bandipalya on Mysuru-Nanjangud road yesterday. K. Prabhuswamy of the Congress was declared the President by lottery after both he and JD(S) candidate S. Siddegowda were tied…
Bandipalya APMC Yard emanates unbearable stench
June 30, 2018Mysuru: The sprawling APMC yard at Bandipalya on Mysuru-Nanjangud Road, is mired in several problems, with stench emanating from deteriorating wastes, unhygienic toilets, pot-holed roads, housefly menace and the like. The APMC yard receives hundreds of lorry loads of vegetables, grains and other agricultural produces everyday from across the State and even neighbouring States such…
State-wide APMC bandh tomorrow
August 22, 2017Mysuru: Transactions at Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) yard in city will be affected tomorrow as APMC bandh will be observed heeding to the call given by Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) for a State-wide APMC bandh. The bandh is in the context of a Government order to remit payments to…
Alleging intimidation, tea shop owner complains against APMC Vice-President
August 2, 2017Mysuru: One Somu running a tea shop in the premises of Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) yard in Bandipalya on Nanjangud Road has registered a complaint with Mysuru South Rural Police alleging that APMC Vice-President Basavaraj had intimidated him on mobile phone regarding the shifting of the tea shop. Somu, in his complaint, stated that…
Chief Minister inaugurates Raitha Santhe building
July 16, 2017Mysuru: Claiming that the State’s APMC online marketing system was a model to the entire country, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has said that the State Government is planning to make e-transactions in APMCs. He was speaking after inaugurating ‘Raitha Santhe’ building, constructed by MUDA in Vijayanagar 2nd stage here, yesterday. Pointing out that the State Government…
Farmers allege menace of middlemen at APMC
March 22, 2017Members of State Sugarcane Growers Association held a meeting at Kuvempu Park near Gun House here yesterday to discuss the injustice meted out to farmers by middlemen at Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC). The meeting severely condemned the habit of collecting commission from farmers who come to APMC to sell fruits and vegetables, especially when…
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