Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday specified that the proposed Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess will be used to improve mandi infrastructure in the country. Replying to a general debate on Budget 2021 in Lok Sabha, the finance minister clarified that the proposal to collect Rs 30,000 crore through the new agri cess will go to states to upgrade the APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committee) infra.
Amid ongoing agitation by farmers demanding the repeal of three contentious farm laws, the finance minister informed that not a single APMC has been shut in any state. She added that the budget instead provides to strengthen such marketplaces for farmers.
It must be noted that in the Union Budget speech 2021, Sitha…
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