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Three ‘Disinfectant Tunnels’ launched at APMC Market
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Three ‘Disinfectant Tunnels’ launched at APMC Market

April 10, 2020

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
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Mysuru APMC brokers distribute vegetables for free at Janatanagar

March 31, 2020

Mysore/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
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State Metrology Department Collects Rs.10 lakh fine from erring traders

February 10, 2020

Mysuru/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
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Low prices: Farmers dump vegetables

November 4, 2018

Mysuru: 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
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Congress bags Mysuru APMC President post

October 28, 2018

Mysuru: 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
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Bandipalya APMC Yard emanates unbearable stench

June 30, 2018

Mysuru: 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
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State-wide APMC bandh tomorrow

August 22, 2017

Mysuru: 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…

Chief Minister inaugurates Raitha Santhe building
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Chief Minister inaugurates Raitha Santhe building

July 16, 2017

Mysuru: 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
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Farmers allege menace of middlemen at APMC

March 22, 2017

Members 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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