The three legal reforms in agricultural marketing, announced as part of the Rs 20-trillion package for the economy, can be viewed essentially as pending work that will be pursued now.
These involve amending the outmoded Essential Commodities Act (ECA), 1955; enacting a new Central statute to enable farmers to get remunerative prices by selling their produce anywhere in the country; and passing a contract farming law to legalise agreements between producers and end-users of farm products. Efforts have for long been afoot to push these measures through with the cooperation of states ...
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First Published: Mon, May 18 2020. 22:49 IST
