The Rajasthan Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961
The Rajasthan Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961
The Rajasthan Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961 regulates the buying, selling, processing, and trading of diverse agricultural commodities within designated market areas across the state of Rajasthan. It applies directly to local farmers, commercial traders, traditional brokers, buyers, and the regional market committees that oversee all trade operations. This legislation matters because it helps eliminate exploitation by implementing structured market yards, facilitating direct consumer-farmer sales, and creating licensing rules. By establishing representative market committees with reservations for women and marginalized groups, the law safeguards farmers' vital economic interests, ensures transparent transaction practices, and modernizes the state's overall agricultural trade infrastructure.
Chapter I PRELIMINARY →
- 1Short title and extent
- 2Definitions
- 3Notification of intention of exercising control over purchase and sale of agricultural produce in specified area
- 4Declaration of market area
- 5Division of market into yards
- 6Classification of market areas and establishment of market committees
- 7Constitution of market committees
- 8Incorporation of market committee
- 9Powers and duties of the market committee
- 10Appointment of sub-committees and joint-committees
- 11Appointment and salaries of servants of the market committee.
- 12Members, etc, to be deemed public servants
- 13Execution of contracts
- 14Power of market committee to issue Licence
- 15Suspension or cancellation of Licences under section 14
- 16Appeal
- 17Power to collect market fees
- 18Market committee fund
- 19Purposes for which the fund shall be expended
- 20Power to borrow
- 21Acquisition of land
- 22No trade allowance permissible except as prescribed
- 23Liability of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and members for removal from office
- 24Personal liability of members for loss or mis-applications
- 25Duty of officers and members of committee to furnish information
- 26Power to enforce attendance etc
- 27Supersession of market committee
- 28Penalty of contravention of certain provisions
- 29Penalty of contravention of section 22
- 30Penalty for contravening provisions of section 25
- 31Bar of suit in absence of notice
- 32Trial of offences
- 33Fines recovered to be paid into market committee fund
- 34Recovery of sums due to Government or market committee.
- 35Delegation of powers
- 36Rules
- 37Bye-laws
- 38Power of Director to make bye-laws
- 39Power of Director to call for proceedings of market committee and to pass orders thereon
- 40Power of Government to amend the Schedule
- 41Savings
- 42Power to remove difficulties
Chapter II CONSTITUTION OF MARKETS →
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