Contract Farming
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Posted On:
13 DEC 2022 6:20PM by PIB Delhi
Though Agriculture and Agricultural Marketing is a State Subject, Government has made a provision for Contract Farming in the Model Acts circulated to the States for their adoption. As per the Model APMC Act, 2003, 15 States have provisioned Contract Farming in their state APMC Acts(Annexure).
Details of States provisioning Contract Farming in their State APMC Acts
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Sr. No. |
States/Union Territories(UTs) |
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Andhra Pradesh |
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Chhattisgarh |
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Haryana |
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Himachal Pradesh |
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Jharkhand |
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Karnataka |
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Madhya Pradesh |
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Maharashtra |
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Mizoram |
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Odisha |
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Punjab (Separate Act) |
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Rajasthan |
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Sikkim |
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Telangana |
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Uttarakhand |
This information was given by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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