Facts & Figures

2020 Indian Agriculture Acts

The three farm acts include:

1. The Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020

   • expands the scope of trade areas of farmers' produce from select areas to "any place of production, collection, aggregation".

   • allows electronic trading and e-commerce of scheduled farmers' produce.

   • prohibits state governments from levying any market fee, cess, or levy on farmers, traders, and electronic trading platforms for the trade of farmers' produce conducted in an 'outside trade area'.

2. Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020

   • provides a legal framework for farmers to enter into pre-arranged contracts with buyers including mention of pricing.

   • defines a dispute resolution mechanism.

3. Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020

   • removes foodstuff such as cereals, pulses, potato, onions, edible oilseeds, and oils, from the list of essential commodities, removing stockholding limits on agricultural items produced by Horticulture techniques except under "extraordinary circumstances"

   • requires that imposition of any stock limit on agricultural produce be based on price rise

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Indian_agriculture_acts

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