Amendment of section 2, Central Act No. 20 of 2020.

In section 2 of the principal Act,-

1. (i) the existing clause

1. (a) shall be renumbered as clause
2. (aa) and before clause
3. (aa) so renumbered , the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- “(a) “APMC Act” means the Rajasthan Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961 (Rajasthan Act No. 38 of 1961);”;
   • (ii) after the existing clause
4. (b) and before the existing clause (c), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- “(bb) “Director” means the Director of Agriculture Marketing for the State of Rajasthan;”;
   • (iii) after the existing clause
5. (j) and before the existing clause (k), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:- “(jj) “Market Committee” means the Market Committee as defined in clause
   • (ix) of section 2 of the APMC Act;
6. (jjj) “market yard” means the principal market yard or sub-market yard or private sub-market yard as notified under section 5 of the APMC Act;
7. (jjjj) “Minimum Support Price” means the price announced for crop purchases by the Central Government in consultation with the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices;”;
   • (iv) for the existing clause (m), the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(m) “prescribed” means prescribed by the rules made by the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be, under this Act;”; and
   • (v) for the existing clause (p), the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(p) “State” means the State of Rajasthan.”