{"id":230558,"date":"2020-06-06T09:14:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T03:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=230558"},"modified":"2020-06-06T14:46:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T09:16:07","slug":"president-promulgates-two-ordinances-with-the-aim-of-giving-a-boost-to-rural-india-and-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/06\/president-promulgates-two-ordinances-with-the-aim-of-giving-a-boost-to-rural-india-and-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"President promulgates two Ordinances with the aim of giving a boost to rural India and agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the announcement of the landmark decisions by the Government of India for reforms in the agricultural sector for raising the income of the farmers as part of the \u2018Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">the President of India has promulgated the following Ordinances with the aim of giving a boost to rural India for farmers engaged in agriculture and allied activities;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>The Farmers\u2019 Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion &amp; Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance, 2020<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Central Government has been making comprehensive interventions to impart efficiency and effectiveness to agricultural marketing, with the aim of raising the income of the farmers. By recognizing the bottlenecks preventing the holistic development of marketing of the agriculture produce, the Government drafted and circulated the Model Agriculture Produce and Livestock Marketing (APLM) Act 2017, and also the Model Agriculture Produce and Livestock Contract Farming Act of 2018, for adoption by the states.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the whole ecosystem of agriculture and its allied activities was tested during the COVID-19 crises, it reconfirmed the necessity for the Central Government to speed up the reform process and to come up with a national legal facilitative ecosystem to improve intra-state and interstate trade of agriculture produce. The Government of India also recognized the need for the farmer to sell agriculture produce at a place of his choice at a better price by increasing the number of prospective buyers. A facilitative framework was also considered necessary for farming agreements. Thus the two ordinances have been promulgated<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u201c<u>The Farmers\u2019 Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion &amp; Facilitation) Ordinance 2020<\/u>\u201d\u00a0<em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/164.100.117.97\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/The%20Farmers%E2%80%99%20Produce%20Trade%20and%20Commerce%20(Promotion%20&amp;%20Facilitation)%20Ordinance%202020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click to view the Gazette notification on the Ordinance<\/a>)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0will<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>provide for the creation of an ecosystem where the farmers and traders enjoy the freedom of choice relating to sale and purchase of farmers\u2019 produce which facilitates remunerative prices through competitive alternative trading channels. It will promote efficient, transparent and barrier-free inter\u2013State and intra-State trade and commerce of farmers\u2019 produce outside the physical premises of markets or deemed markets notified under various State agricultural produce market legislations. Besides, the Ordinance will provide a facilitative framework for electronic trading and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u201c<u>The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance 2020<\/u><\/strong>\u201d\u00a0<strong><em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/164.100.117.97\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/The%20Farmers%20(Empowerment%20and%20Protection)%20Agreement%20on%20Price%20Assurance%20and%20Farm%20Services%20Ordinance%202020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click to view the Gazette notification on the Ordinance<\/a>)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0will provide for a national framework on farming agreements that protects and empowers farmers to engage with agri- business firms, processors, wholesalers, exporters or large retailers for farm services and sale of future farming produce at a mutually agreed remunerative price framework in a fair and transparent manner and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The above two measures will enable barrier-free trade in agriculture produce, and also empower the farmers to engage with sponsors of his choice. The freedom of the farmer, which is of paramount importance, has thus been provided.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The details of the above two above Ordinances is available on the website of the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare at\u00a0<strong>agricoop.nic.in<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Ministry of Agriculture &amp; Farmers Welfare<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the announcement of the landmark decisions by the Government of India for reforms in the agricultural sector for raising the income 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