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DELHI: The government is coming up with a central law to push barrier free inter state trade and provide
farmers a choice to sell their
produce outside mandi premises. This will be a parallel marketing option for farmers who so far have to be dependent on licensee traders in
mandis of their respective states.
Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman, while announcing the third trance of stimulus package, said that farmers should not be bound to sell agriculture produce only to licensees in
APMCs.
“We are bringing a central law to facilitate barrier free inter state trade for farmers who will have option to sell their produce at attractive price,” she said.
This initiative will promote trading on government’s eNAM portal which has 1000 mandis across the country on board.
Farmers will also have an option to sell their produce directly to FPOs, big retailers and cooperatives without bringing produce to mandis.
“During Covid period, farmers were allowed to sell their produce directly. Now this will act as a marketing channel parallel to APMCs giving bargaining power to farmers,” said PK Joshi,
National Academy of Agriculture Science (NAAS).