The Act bypasses the Agricultural Produce Market Committee altogether, creating a separate structure of trading.
The new Bills give the impression that farmers had unnecessary restrictions to trade freely for agricultural products, and mandis were the designated space for all transactions.
[9] Accordingly, the amendment of the APMC Act, and the ensuing political uproar, are mostly significant for farmers in Punjab and Haryana, where mandis are the central place of transaction.
[9] In contrast, NSSO data from a 2012–13 "situation assessment survey" of farmers reveals that most households in India sell off their crops through private traders or input dealers, rather than mandis or cooperatives.
[10] Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal of Shiromani Akali Dal resigned from her post in protest against the bills.