TAMILNADU
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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 |
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act 1987 |
Act not amended so far. |
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Allowing setting up of Competitive Markets by private persons, farmers and consumers. |
Under Section 5 - The Govt. shall establish a market committee for every notified area to deal with the notified agricultural produce and also establish markets notified. Under section 7 – Govt. may establish special market for special nature of commodities like fresh fruits, fresh vegetables or wool. The Govt. may by notification, modify the restrictions or limitations in relation to such special markets. |
Act not amended so far. |
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Direct sale/ procurement from the farmers field |
Under section 8 - (1) No person shall within a notified area – a) set up, establish or use, or continue or allow to be continued any place for the purchase or sale, storage, weighment, measurement or processing of any notified agricultural produce, or b)
operate as a broker, weighman, measurer, trader warehouseman or in
any other capacity in relation to the buying and selling of any notified
agricultural produce, except under, and in accordance with the conditions of a licence granted to him by the market committee: Provided that the market committee may exempt from the provisions of this sub-section any person who carries on the business of purchasing or selling, storing, weighing, measuring or processing any notified agricultural produce in any quantity not exceeding such quantity as may be prescribed: Provided further that a producer selling, storing, weighing, measuring or processing any notified agricultural produce which has been grown, reared or produced by him, or a co-operative ma4rketing society selling, storing, weighing, measuring or processing any notified agricultural produce which has been grown, reared or produced by any of its members, shall be exempt f4rom the provisions of this sub-section, but the Government may withdraw, for such period as may be prescribed, such exemption in respect of any such producer or co-operative marketing society or all of them. |
Act not amended so far, however, provisions made vide G.O .No.488 dated 1.11.1989 for direct marketing and is being implemented in Banana, Gherkins, Sugarcane, Cotton and vegetables etc. , |
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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 |
Act not amended so far, however it is being permitted Executive Order No. CDC2/133716/04 dated 14/10/04 and being operated in medicinal plant, Gherkins, Banana, Poultry, Cotton, Soya bean, Herbs, Vegetables & Paddy. |
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Promote Public-Private Partnership in financing, construction, operation and management of agricultural markets. |
No provision |
Act not amended so far, however government is considering Public-Private Partnership for new markets for Paddy in Madurai, Turmeric in Erode district. |
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Market fee/tax. 1.Single Point levy in the entire process of marketing 2. Fee on
(3) Whether any rationalization/ Simplification done in the levy of market fee. |
Under section 24 - The market committee shall levy a fee on any notified agricultural produced bought or sold in the notified market area at a rate not less than one rupee but not exceeding two rupees for every hundred rupees of the produce. No exemption No exemption No exemption No exemption No. |
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Licensing System:
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 section 8 - (1) No person shall within a notified area – a) set up, establish or use, or continue or allow to be continued any place for the pu4rchase or sale, storage, weighment, measurement or processing of any notified agricultural produce, or b)
operate as a broker, weighman, measurer, trader warehouseman or in
any other capacity in relation to the buying and selling of any notified
agricultural produce, except under, and in accordance with the conditions of a licence granted to him by the market committee: Provided that the market committee may exempt from the provisions of this sub-section any person who carries on the business of purchasing or selling, storing, weighing, measuring or processing any notified agricultural produce in any quantity not exceeding such quantity as may be prescribed: Provided further that a producer selling, storing, weighing, measuring or processing any notified agricultural produce which has been grown, reared or produced by him, or a co-operative marketing society selling, storing, weighing, measuring or processing any notified agricultural produce which has been grown, reared or produced by any of its members, shall be exempt from the provisions of this sub-section, but the Government may withdraw, for such period as may be prescribed, such exemption in respect of any such producer or co-operative marketing society or all of them. |
Act not amended so far. |
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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, publicity, propaganda, training & grading etc. constitute one of the extension activities of the board. No provision. |
Act not amended so far. Act not amended so far. |
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