State president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Member of Parliament (MP) Nandakumar Singh Chouhan congratulated the farmers of the State as the Bhopal Agricultural Market at Karond got connected with 21 different markets of other States through online agricultural produce trading.
Chouhan said that in the next stage, 365 agricultural produce markets of 12 different States will be connected through e-trading. For online trading, onion, potatoes, apple, wheat, cereals, cotton and pulses have been included. This will ensure good price for the abundant produce in other markets if the price falls in the local market.
He further said that Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act must be amended by the State governments to connect all the wholesale markets of agricultural produce on the online platform. In the first stage, the eight States whose markets will be connected online are Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Telangana, Rajasthan, Haryana, Jharkhand and Himachal Pradesh.
Chouhan added that by 2018, all the 585 Agricultural produce markets will be connected through online trading. The e-trading will act as a milestone in the field of agricultural economy.
Meanwhile, the State spokesperson of BJP and legislator Vishwas Sarang thanked the central government for opening a Youth Resource Centre in Mhow (Ambedkar Nagar). He further said that this will help in sending the message of Ambedkar’s social justice to people.
Sarang said that he hoped that the vision of Ambedkar will help keep the nations unity and integrity intact. The message of harmony must reach as many youth as possible and this is the social need. To take the message of Ambedkar to people 100 new youth clubs will be formed by Nehru Youth Centre Association. He also said that the association will take out a Jal Yatra starting April 21, 2016 from Mhow spreading the message of social harmony. To participate in the Jal Yatra the association activists will bring water from different parts of the state. The Jal Yatra will reach Ujjain on the same day. The water will be drained in the Holy Kshipra and they will pray for the successful conduct of the Simhastha.