The Maharashtra Women Farmers Empowerment Act, 2026
The Maharashtra Women Farmers Empowerment Act, 2026
The Maharashtra Women Farmers Empowerment Act, 2026 provides formal legal recognition and support to women engaged in agriculture across Maharashtra. It applies to adult women participating in farming, livestock rearing, allied activities, and primary processing, including landless labourers, tenant farmers, and single women. The law establishes a formal certification system issued by local bodies like Gram Sabhas, enabling women farmers to access credit, subsidies, insurance, training, and market facilities. By creating dedicated administrative bodies and a specialized state fund, the law ensures gender-responsive agricultural policies, empowering female agricultural workers and strengthening their financial security and operational independence.
- 1. Short title
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Recognition of Woman Farmer
- 4. Designated Officers and Appellate Officers
- 5. Officer, to be the Appellate Officers for such areas, as it thinks fit, to exercise the powers and discharge the duties under this Act.
- 6. Issuance of Woman Farmer Certificate in Nagar Panchayat area
- 7. Cessation of Woman Farmer Certificate
- 8. Utility of Woman Farmer Certificate
- 9. Access to credit through Woman Farmer certificate
- 10. Establishment of Women Farmers Database
- 11. Maharashtra State Fund for Women Farmers
- 12. Establishment of Women Farmers Empowerment Council
- 13. Establishment of State Monitoring Committee
- 14. Establishment of Women Farmers Empowerment Cell
- 15. Women Farmers Assistance Officers
- 16. Protection of action taken in good faith
- 17. Act not in derogation of any other law
- 18. Power to make rules
- 19. Power to remove difficulties
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