It has been formulated by a committee under chairmanship of Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, which enables them to approach the solutions to a vibrant marketing ecosystem for farmers of all categories where they realize the price of their produce in a marketplace of their choice.
Main Key Points of Draft:
Constitute the Empowered Agricultural Marketing Reform Committee including State Ministers of Agriculture to bring consensus among the states on moving towards an integrated national market for agricultural produce through a single licensing/registration system and one fee. It might be chaired by the Minister of the Agriculture of any state on a rotational basis as is at present done for Empowered Committee on GST.
Improve farmer-market linkages:
Declare large sections of need-based warehouses/cold storages as sub-market yards; further develop & consolidate eNAM beyond APMC markets e.g., to sub-market yards.
Reforms for APMCs: Induce APMCs towards revenues through notification of new fruits vegetables, policy outreach of food aggregation-processing activities etc. instead of exorbitantly charging market fee & other fee.
Other:
Value Chain Centric Infrastructure Boosting -with Incorporation AI, blockchain technologies et cetera with private sector collaboration
Implementation of Price Insurance Scheme for Farmers Income to gain assured income to the farmers right at the time of sowing.
Promote Ease of Doing AgriTrade by Digital automation of mandi processes; digital issuance of license/registration to traders, private market operators, etc.
Agricultural marketing in India
Agricultural marketing is a State subject under Entry 28 of List-II (State List) of VII Schedule under Article 246 of the Constitution.
Challenge: Fragmented and Inefficient Supply Chain, Market access, Poor Infrastructure, Complex Regulation etc.
The grass-roots organization of the state has taken initiatives like – Formation & Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Produce Organizations, Agriculture Infrastructure Fund, Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure, Gramin Agricultural Markets etc.
