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

The Orissa  Agricultural Produce Markets  Act, 1956.

Act not amended.

2.

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

Under section 46 – The State Govt. may declare:-

a) Any enclosure , building or locality in any market area to be a market yard, and

b) Any area including all land & buildings thereon within such distance of the market yard as it thinks fit, to be a market.

Act not amended.

3.

Direct sale/ procurement from the farmers field

No provision exists.

Act not amended.

4.

Institutional support to contract farming through

1. Registration of

 sponsoring       company

2. Recording of Contract          Farming agreement
3. Time bound dispute resolution mechanism 
4. Indemnity to farmers land       

No provision exists.

Act not amended.

Contract Farming is being practiced in respect of selected commodities.

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

2. Contract Farming

3. Processing

4. Exports

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

Under section 11 – Market committee shall levy and collect market fee from every purchaser in respect of agricultural produce bought or sold in the market area. 

No provision exists.

No provision exists

No provision exists

Provision exists under rule 48 ( c) to exempt market fee

Provision exists under rule 48 ( c) to exempt market fee

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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

  Under Rule 60 & 62- The market committee may grant license to a trader and other functionaries to operate in the market area.

No provision exists.

No provision exists.

Act not amended.

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 separate provision exists. However these activities are being looked after by the market committee under section 16.

No separate provision exists, however the activities are being looked after under rule 85.

Act not amended.

Act not amended.