The Rajasthan Agricultural Produce Markets (Amendment) Act, 2022

1. (1) This Act may be called the Rajasthan Agricultural Produce Markets (Amendment) Act, 2022.
2. (2) It shall come into force at once.

In section 17 of the Rajasthan Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961 (Act No. 38 of 1961), hereinafter in this Act referred to as the principal Act, for the existing expression “physical boundaries of principal market yards, sub-market yards and market sub-yards managed and run by the market committees formed and, private market yards, private market sub-yards, direct marketing collection centres, and private farmer-consumer market yards managed by persons holding licences or, any warehouses, silos, cold storages or other structures notified as markets or deemed markets, under this Act,”, the expression “market area” shall be substituted.

In sub-section

1. (1) of section 17-A of the principal Act, for the existing expression “physical boundaries of principal market yards, sub-market yards and market sub-yards managed and run by the market committees formed and, private market yards, private market sub-yards, direct marketing collection centres, and private farmer-consumer market yards managed by persons holding licences or, any warehouses, silos, cold storages or other structures notified as markets or deemed markets, under this Act,”, the expression “market area” shall be substituted.

After the existing section 17-A and before the existing section 18 of the principal Act, the following new section shall be inserted, namely:-

"17-B. Power to collect user charge.- The market committee shall collect user charge from the licensees in the prescribed manner on non-notified agricultural produce and food products brought or bought or sold by them in the market yards and sub-market yards established under this Act, at such rate as may be specified by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette.”.