50 pc market chairpersons to be women, says Andhra CM

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has announced 50 per cent reservation for women in the market chairperson posts and said that a committee would look into the losses in district co-operative banks.
The state government has decided to provide half of the market chairman posts, committee posts to women by the end of October. Already, the government has issued an order, based on which, 50 per cent reservation has been allotted to SC, ST, and OBCs.
“They should be able to decide the prices during the cultivation of crops,” said Reddy in discussion with officials at a review meeting on agricultural marketing and cooperative departments.
They also discussed the prices of lentils, tomato, cotton crops in the future.
“Framers should strongly believe that we have given hope… Farmers should not forcefully sell the crops to middlemen,” Reddy said.
The Chief Minister has directed the officials to do away with middlemen system. He also ordered to establish a board for millets by the end of October. Government is planning to announce price for the crops that have no minimum support price.