Act Number: 21

Act Name: The Farmers Produce Trade and commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020

Year: 2020

Enactment Date: 2020-09-24

Long Title: An Act to provide for the creation of an ecosystem where the farmers and traders enjoy the freedom of choice relating to sale and purchase of farmers produce which facilitates remunerative prices through competitive alternative trading channels; to promote efficient, transparent and barrier-free inter-State and intra-State trade and commerce of farmers produce outside the physical premises of markets or deemed markets notified under various State agricultural produce market legislations; to provide a facilitative framework for electronic trading and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Department: Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare

Section 17: Power of Central Government to make rules.
    (1) The Central Government may, by notification by notification, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
     (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the forgoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:–--
         (a) the system of electronic registration for a trader and modalities of trade transaction of scheduled farmers’ produce under sub-section (2) of section 4;
         (b) the procedure of payment under proviso to sub-section (3) of section 4;
         (c) the manner and procedure for filing a petition or an application before the Sub-Divisional Authority and appeal before the appellate authority under sub-section (10) of section 8;
         (d) the information regarding transactions under sub-section (2) of section 9;
         (e) the form and manner and the fee payable for filing an appeal under sub-section (2) of section 10;
         (f) the procedure for disposing of an appeal under sub-section (3) of section 10;
         (g) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed.
    
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