JAMMU & KASHMIR

Sl.No.

Area of Reforms

Position of the Act

before amendment

Position of the Act

after amendment

Remarks

1

2

3

4

5

1

Title of the Act

J & K State Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1997. (Act passed but not implemented).

Act not amended.

 

2.

Allowing setting up of Competitive Markets by private persons, farmers and consumers.

No provision exists.

Act not amended.

 

3.

Direct sale/ procurement from the farmers field

No provision exists.

Act not amended.

 

4.

Institutional support to contract farming through

 

           i.            Registration of

 sponsoring       company

 

          ii.            Recording of Contract          Farming agreement

        iii.            Time bound dispute resolution mechanism 

        iv.            Indemnity to farmers land       

No provision exists.

Act not amended.

 

5.

Promote Public-Private Partnership in financing, construction, operation and management of agricultural markets.

No provision exists.

Act not amended.

 

6.

Market fee/tax.

 

1.Single Point levy in the entire process of marketing

 

2. Fee on

  1. Direct Marketing

 

  1. Contract Farming

 

  1. Processing

 

 

  1. Exports

 

 

(3) Whether any rationalization/ Simplification done  in the levy of market fee.

               -

 

No provision exists.

 

 

 

 

No provision exists.

 

No provision exists.

 

No provision exists.

 

 

No provision exists.

 

 

No provision exists.

Act not amended.

 

Act not amended.

 

 

 

 

Act not amended.

 

Act not amended.

 

Act not amended.

 

 

Act not amended.

 

 

Act not amended.

 

7.

Licensing :

 

           i.            Whether licensing system is simplified

 

          ii.            Whether provision made for issue of a single license to operate in the entire State or part of the State

                 -

 

No provision exists.

 

 

 

No provision exists.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Act not amended.

 

 

 

Act not amended.

 

8.

Whether Marketing Board has set up:

           i.            Separate extension cell to provide market led extension services to the farmers

 

          ii.            Separate Agricultural Produce Marketing Standard Bureau to promote grading and standardization of agricultural commodities.

 

 

No provision exists.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No provision exists.

 

 

Act not amended.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Act not amended.