The Ministry of Agriculture and farmers welfare on 20th July 2020 has published the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Rules, 2020 which seeks to provide for barrier-free trade of farmers’ produce outside the markets notified under the various state agricultural produce market laws.
The rule allows farmers, farm producer organisations and anyone who buys farmers’ produce for: (i) wholesale trade, (ii) retail, (iii) end-use, (iv) value addition, (v) processing, (vi) manufacturing, (vii) export, or (viii) consumption, to engage in such intra-state or inter-state trade and shall make payment on the same day, or within three working days in certain conditions, for any transaction of scheduled farmers’ produce.
In case of any dispute arising out of transaction between the farmer and the trader in the trade area, it shall be first resolved through mutually acceptable solution through conciliation and for that purpose, the disputing parties may file an application in Form-2 through any mode, including e-filing, within fourteen days from the date of dispute to the Sub-Divisional Magistrate having jurisdiction in a place where the transaction has taken place or farmer actually resides or produces farmers’ produce, whichever is convenient.
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