Consequent to the amendment made by the State Government by Act No.59 of

2020, the following adverse effect is noticed, namely:-

1. (a) the farmers who trade in the market area other than the market yards will be prone to exploitation by the traders since there is no regulatory mechanism for controlling the same;
2. (b) in view of the trade in notified agricultural produce taking place outside the market yards, the revenue for the Government under different heads through taxes/cess will be affected as there is no substantiate documents available for cross verification;
3. (c) the whole sale trade in notified agricultural produce is being carried in the market yards through the on-line mode (Unified Market Platform). The farmers are benefited by way of competitive and fair price for their produce sold under the Unified Market Platform. As there is no on-line system for the trade taking place outside the market yards, the farmers will not get fair and competitive prices for their grown produce; 4
4. (d) farmers are not assured of a system wherein they will get fair value of the produce sold outside the market yards;
5. (e) in the market yards, there is system provided under the Act for settlement of disputes arising between the farmer and the market functionaries regarding weight, payment of the produce sold etc., But, the same dispute mechanism is not available for the transactions taking place outside the market yards by the farmers;
6. (f) as the farmers are not aware of the prices prevailing in different markets in the State for the agricultural produce and the arrivals, the farmers will not be able to make a good decision on the price to be charged for their produce and hence they are denied in getting a competitive price;
7. (g) the market yards in the State are developed by the grants from Government of India, State Government and the funds of the market committees. The infrastructural facilities so far created will not be put to use fully and hence the said facilities will be wasted in due course;
8. (h) approximately, one lakh people are functioning in the market yards by obtaining license from the market committees and discharging the activities related to trading namely; hamals, weighmen, cartmen, assistants working in trader, commission agents and stockiest shops. They will not get the employment throughout the year and their livelihood is in peril;
   • (i) the APMCs are contributing to the Revolving Fund setup by the Government for implementation of Minimum Support Price Scheme. When the prices of the agricultural produce comes below the minimum support prices declared by the Government of India, the Revolving Fund will be operated. Prior to the Act amendment, the APMCs were contributing approximately Rs. 125 crores to the Revolving Fund annually and in view of the amendment, the restriction of APMCs role is restricted to the market yards, it affected the income of the APMCs and hence the contribution to the Revolving Fund has come down to 50% i.e, Rs. 60 crores;
9. (j) the details of the marketing operations carried out in the market yards will provide information on the prices prevailing in the market yards and the arrivals of commodities which is helpful in framing the policy and programmes by the Government. Since the details of the trading activity taking place outside the market 5 yards are not available, the policy and programmes to be framed by the Government will be affected substantially for lack of credible data;
10. (k) the expectations of the State Government by bringing in the earlier amendment which allowed the trading outside the market yards, it is noticed that the farmers produce price and income has not increased; and
11. (l) the market fee levied and collected by the APMCs in the State is utilized for providing infrastructural facilities in the market yards and maintenance of the APMCs. In view of the trade taking place outside the market yards, the APMCs have no control and cannot levy and collect market fee has affected their income considerably. Nearly, 50% of the income has come down which has affected the maintenance of market yards and other its obligations;