MANIPUR

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Area of Reforms

Position of the Act

before amendment

Position of the Act

after amendment

Remarks

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Title of the Act

No APMC Act exists.

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2.

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

No APMC Act exists.

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No legal bar for setting up of competitive markets by private person, farmer, and consumer.

3.

Direct sale/ procurement from the farmers field

No APMC Act exists.

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No legal bar for direct marketing from farmers field.

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 APMC Act exists.

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No legal bar to support contract farming

5.

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

No APMC Act exists.

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No legal bar to promote public private partnership in financing, construction, operation and management of agricultural markets.

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 APMC Act exists.

 

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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 APMC Act exists.

 

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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 APMC Act exists.

 

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