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regulate market prices of farm produce to protect farmers from exploitation.The bill christened as Krishi Upaj Mandi (amendment) Bill, 2020
from fluctuating market prices and payment risks, Chhattisgarh agriculture minister Ravindra Choubey said while tabling the bill in the
assembly.The bill did not violate any Central law, thereby avoiding confrontation with the Union government, he added.He said 80 percent of
deemed mandis (agriculture markets) or declare private markets as deemed mandis for regulation of marketing notified agriculture produce, he
added.Chhattisgarh Swabhiman Manch president Raj Kumar Gupta however criticized the state government for not ensuring guarantee of minimum
support price (MSP) of farm produce in the bill as was done by Punjab government in its recently legislated agriculture bill.
