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Centre revives reforms talks as farmers count their losses

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NEW DELHI : The Centre on Friday said it will introduce a slew of reforms to change the way farmers in India market their produce in a bid to help them receive better prices at the farm gate.

The proposed marketing reforms comes close on the heels of heightened distress when farmers across India are either dumping or selling their perishable produce at measly prices due to a lockdown-induced supply disruption and fall in demand.

The proposed reforms—from amending the Essential Commodities Act to electronic marketing of harvests—are steps towards a new regime where farm produce is traded seamlessly across state borders and farmers have multiple options to sell their produce. “The proposed reforms may turn out to be useful for farmers in the

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