{
  "id": 11467483,
  "title": "MP’s Petlawad Mandi Auction System Remains Shut Despite ₹3 Crore Annual Revenue; Farmers Seek Action",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/mps-petlawad-mandi-auction-system-remains-shut-despite-3-crore-annual",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T14:31:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/mps-petlawad-mandi-auction-system-remains-shut-despite-3-crore-annual-revenue-farmers-seek-action"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Petlawad, a market town in Madhya Pradesh, boasts a multi-acre agricultural produce market with a ₹3 crore annual revenue. Despite possessing extensive warehouses, shops, and facilities, the main mandi fails to regularly conduct auctions for farmer's produce. Only the Bamania sub-market follows the auction system, affecting the livelihoods of registered weighmen and laborers. Farmers and workers have petitioned Collector Yogesh Tukaram Bharsat to enforce auctions at the main market, urging Mandi Board joint director Praveen Kumar Verma to investigate the matter. SDM and mandi administrator Ritika Patidar are also overseeing the situation.",
  "summary": "Petlawad (Madhya Pradesh): Despite having extensive infrastructure and facilities, agricultural produce is reportedly not regularly bought and sold through the auction system at Petlawad Agricultural Produce Market. The mandi, established in 1960, has 46 acres of land and generates annual revenue of more than Rs 3 crore. It has four sub-markets at Bamania, Sarangi, Karwad and Jhakanawada. The…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}