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Sharad Pawar echoed the same sentiment again while
responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha on agriculture
marketing reforms in May 2012, when he stated that
“there are some (reforms) which have already been
accepted, for instance, recommendation regarding
liberalizing agri-procurement…We have requested
all the Cooperation Ministers in the States to make
amendment in the APMC Act.”

The Patil Committee, which had been set up in 2010
submitted its report in 2013 which among other things,
suggested simplification of procedure of contract
farming, investment in development of post-harvest
infrastructure, barrier free national markets, waiving
off of market fee on fruits and vegetables etc.

2014-20 (NDA GOVERNMENT LED BY

PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI)

The new NDA Government constituted the Dalwai
Committee to concretize various proposals. The
Committee, after extensive consultation, recommended
adoption of the new Agricultural Marketing Act of 2017.
The New Model Agricultural Marketing Act, 2017 was
adopted fully by 11 states - Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat,
Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Odisha, Uttarakhand,
Tripura Goa, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh.

6 states partially adopted the 2017 Marketing Act -
Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Madhya
Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

A second Dalwai Committee was set up in 2018 to protect
the interests of producers and sponsors of Contract
Farming. This second Dalwai Committee, recommended
another Model Act which dealt with Contract Framing.
This Model Contract Framing act was circulated to all
States/UTs in May 2018. Tamil Nadu and Odisha have
adopted this Model Contract Farming Act of 2018.

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