The Karnataka Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation and Development) (Amendment) Bill was passed by the Karnataka Assembly on Monday. State Agricultural Marketing Minister Shivanand Patil who presented the bill in the state Assembly said that earlier the government was regulating only the APMC yards but once the bill becomes a law, those doing business on the e-platform will have to operate within its framework. For example, D Mart, Big Basket, Amazon and Udaan come in our e-commerce platform. They are doing business evading our legal provisions. We are bringing this law to regulate them from doing business without paying cess, Patil told the House. He also said that in the previous law, there was just the reference to trader' but now the government has incorporated warehouse service providers' in the bill. We have also defined the duties of warehouse service providers'. Along with that, we have given power to regulate them to the APMC Director. There is also a provision to go