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Traders oppose grant of licence to Metro Cash and Carry
Staff Reporter
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‘This move will destroy APMC market, livelihood of traders'
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The company was granted the licence on the same day that it applied for it: FKCCI president ‘But it takes at least six months for a trader in APMC yard to get a licence'
Bangalore: Members of the Bangalore Traders Action Committee, Bangalore Wholesale Foodgrains and Pulses Merchants' Association and other allied organisations have demanded that the Government should immediately withdraw the licence granted to Metro Cash and Carry.
The State Government on January 18 granted licence to the company thus declaring it as a private market yard for marketing 112 notified agricultural products.
Addressing presspersons here on Friday, Ramesh Chandra Lahoti of Bangalore Wholesale Foodgrains and Pulses Merchants' Association, termed this as a gross violation of the amended APMC Act, 2008.
The amendment to the Act does not permit the establishment of a private market yard, except for sale of agricultural produce, within a radius of 25 kilometres of the existing APMC yard, he said.
“But Metro Cash and Carry cannot be declared as an agricultural private market yard as it sells various commodities such as furniture, sports wear, electronic goods and other consumer goods,” he said.
APMC's fate
President of Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) N.S. Srinivasa Murthy said this move by the Government would only help the company to virtually destroy the APMC market and take away the livelihood of hundreds of traders.
There are nearly 2,000 licensed traders in the APMC yard and more than two lakh people are directly or indirectly dependent on the traders, he said.
“The FKCCI is not against healthy competition. But how can the company be declared as an agricultural private market yard when electronics items, fast moving consumer goods, auto parts and textiles are stored in that outlet,” he asked.
“The most surprising thing is that the company was granted the licence on the same day that it applied for it. Usually, it takes at least six months for a trader in APMC yard to get a licence. The licence was granted even without a survey,” Mr. Murthy said.
‘No action yet'
Pointing out that the FKCCI had discussed the issue with the Chief Minister, APMC Minister, Director of Agricultural Marketing and APMC Secretary, Mr. Murthy said: “All of them have admitted to the mistake and sought time to rectify it. But nothing has happened up till now,” he said.
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