Sl.No.

Area of Reforms

Position of the Act

before amendment

Position of the Act

after amendment

Remarks

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2

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4

5

1

Title of the Act

The West Bengal Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) (Amendment)Act, 1981.

Act not amended.

2.

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

Under section 4 – The State Govt. may by notification declare any enclosure, building or locality in any market area, to be the principal market yard and other enclosures to be one or more sub-market yard for a market area.

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 in the name of participatory farming is practiced informally in the State.

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 17 – Market committee shall levy fee on any agricultural produce in the market area.

No provision exists.

No  exemption.

No exemption.

No exemption.

No exemption.

No.

Act not amended.

Act not amended.

Act not amended.

Act not amended.

Act not amended.

Act not amended.

Act not amended.

7.

Licensing :

1. Whether licensing system is simplified

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

  Under section13- Market committee may grant license to any trader or any other functionaries to operate in the market area..

 No.

No .

Act not amended.

Act not amended.

Act not amended.

8.

Whether Marketing Board has set up:

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

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

No separate provision exists. However such activities are being looked after by the Market Committees.

No separate provision exists.

Act not amended.

Act not amended.