Andhra Pradesh (Agricultural Produce and Livestock) Markets (Amendments) Act, 2015

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PRADE:SH {A.$RtCULTU-RAL, PRODUCE AND (IVEStOCK) ·MARKETS ACT, t96:6. w11ere:as i . i� ha� be�n f ett necessary to create tra;n$p${e.nt efficient :and ;hassle free markets for �gticult�raj .proguce lr{the. state .. � And v.there.as; the Governn1e-nt has anr1ouriced the /\odhra:Pradesh:Agricultural· marketing policy; 2015 fo<;:usihg· :Qn,th� redqcUon/ eHminaUon of barriers to parti�ipation :in m'�rk�:ts and barriers to trade by linking [1J ' · , .. , · · . . J · t lt'�-)i;u . . . .. . , .............. ..,� .. - ... ,,......, ... ·- .. ·- . .,. -··· . .. . . , , � ... ..,,...,, . . .. ;11.1,-,..�------....,, , ........ 2 1'Nf?HAA·PRA'DESH· GAZET1"E EXTRAORDINARY . [PART IV�B 'ShotttmE'j • ar,d .·.··. ,' . - . . ·.... .. . . :-.- .. , .... : : .· ... •.- : e •· .·' .... ·commancemern. :. . ,· .. '· ·. ,:. . . An1erid1nent cf ;$�tib1) 2, . '. .·AdtNo.·�eof'. ,1-0pt):· �,. ·':.' ·a ll:Pl:�ces:ofJ>rima ry marketing ar1d creation of a- unified 'llQU�l m�rket of ·who� state: · AND WHEREAS ) the Government of lndia is alsolntent-on :creating national agricultural n1arket and has .· introduced· new sche1nes: . •, . ANO WHEREAS. the Government of India has , sUptdated eert�in pre tequ1sties like issue of statewide ::single trader Ucen-se 1 single polnt levy of market fee, · ·online �ra-9e through electronic platform etc. . . Se it enacted by the Legisiature of the state of A.hdhra.Pradesh in the Sixty .. sixth Year of the Republic of lhdia as. foUows: .. 1. (1:) This Act may be called the Andhra Rtadesh {Agricultural Produce and Livestock) Matk�ts'(Amenqment) Act, 2015. (2) It shail come into fctee on sLJch date as .. \hf State Go-vernrnent may, by notification: appoint. 2. ln -lh:e Ahdhra Pra-desh (Agricultural Produce and tJve�tock) fv'larkets Act 1966, (hereinafter referred to as •th� :Principat Act), in section 2, · (0 after clause (ij) t the follovving clause Shall be added name]y. M, �(i�) �Direct Purchase Centre� mea:ns a place in the notifi-ed area of Mark.,et Committee licensed .as a Direct Purchase Centre \vherein :the· operator o f the Drrect Purchase Centre )s permittecJ to buy the notified agricultural >pro9u�e from the producers,,.. ·-i-. • -,,. - · (ii) 'for:cl.ab$·e (vi)i·lhe,foHowing cl-ause shall be substitµted, · n�mety. f.(vil im,arke-t' means a place established or gec;lare.d under sub .. section (3J of section 4 and includes a :market yard and a:ny building therein ! a warehouse, a cold· storage, a processing unit, a Direct Purchase ....• . , --······· ,-,.-�.¥-''"( .. •"'"-�--- . ··---···--·-······ ::: .. ( ·octoB;l�R .:al. 2(l15 ANOrfRA;PRADES}l GAZETTE ,EXTRAORDINARY . . . " ··: .. "" · ·, . . · .. ,•, • . . . . . , .. . . ,.. ' . , ' . . · . . . , ;l��n.ire -· or.:,H y. <>:t��r ,pia ce: (leclarea as n,arket by the .• m.arket cd'mmitteej�,. (iU) :q1c1.o�e'(kVa}\.shalrbe· re-numbered as clause ·<*f�a) and· �-efote cla�se· (X\'aa) ·so re�nunibered� the · fo.UQwipg n�w �fc1use :s:tJall p�Jnserted, namely, �:(�va.j ··•• iRegistering Authority' means the Secretar)' of .Markef·Commlttee when all the farmers. are lrom notifiet[areaofsuch committee or officer ��tflorize(:f bi ·orrector . of Marketing when farmer� are<f�ohl- notified areas of more ihan >one t narket commiUee for the puipos:e of regis!�ri.ng Contract Farming Sponsors and Contrqet ,Farming Agreen1ent,:"., . (tVl .. :�f\er Qt�.USe. :{xivb), the f,ollO\flJing new �laus e ·sh�U-be>i�$tert�cl i n�111ely�� .i•(xhibb) :'prQc i �ssing :un'if means a place in the :notified :area of Market Comt1 1ittee: "licensed as a processing unit wherein the ·operator of the processing unit is pennitted tp process the notified Agricultural ;Produce) �ivestock and Products of the Livestock:�·�. :(V.) afret.q�.use (xvil), the: following cl�use shaH be adctect.' narne�,;� 11(xviil) '.V\ta.reho:use' :n1eans any building or :,.�tructuref or other protected enclosun� i .Jr,cJtitfing., · cold: storage licensed as Warehouse. and used for the purpose of :$toring.ag::rfcu1tura1· produce, 9n .. behalf of · the· ;depositors:": . . · . · · ·"' , . ., . Amendment of S'etlitm 4, · ·· . , · ·· ·· ·· . . . .,., . · ·. . ' · ' . ,.. , • , ,w-,. -.r • .,. •w, . -,,·.v., ,.,.,,., ·,·. ·· ·,·.·.·.·.·,· , ,•,nuuuN.'ll.u.·;. · ,,. · .•.r.·.·.·. ,.,. .,., .•. ,. (1)" in .sub-section {3},� (a) after clause, (bb), the fono\Ning c-lause ,$h�lfbe a9ded na.mety·, 3 ·· .. ·� •. ·:.;-.1.�· . .; .. ,.,"'+w,,· ... ,� .. n,-.· .. ·.,• • •• , {PART IV"B "'(bbb) Every fv1arket Committee may also · de,ctare in the notified area any warehouse or cold storage or · pro:cessing untt or any other· place as a market by foUovving the procedure . as niay be prescribed.": .(b) for ·clause (c), the foHovvlng shaft be substituted namety1 ·,,,(c;) The Markel Committee shan specify the limits of every market established or declared as a n·u1rket by it and the Sov�r�m�nt n1ay .. no�ify the . markets wrffi-si.tch llmit�.}.� t9. be notified market {:-area for the purpose of this Aqt. 11, . - . -- .-.·· . sufi:;;ctions (4) and (s) sha11 be omitted. 4 . ln the princlpaf Act: in section 7 � (1) for the n1arginal heading. the following shaU be· · ·· substituted! nan1el.yt .. ·�Lie.e·tl�ing ofTraders, Comrn.i$sion. Agents : F,>ro,ces,�hrs, .Olrect. Purchas.� Centre�:· P·rivate .. 1J1arkets,:etc *2 ao� .. Regulati9n of Tracie'!.. (2) in sub'!'secUon (1) 1• (i) 8fte r the \h10rds t:a.ny place for the purchase, sale" i the v11ord �\,.1arehousing•i shall be inserted:; (ii) f.or the v11ords ··by the n1arket po,nmittee", the words '' under this section"' shall be substituted; ... . (flil in the first proviso,after the words 11market committee\ the words ··or the Director ol Marketing 11 shall be inserted; {iv) tn the third proviso, after the words ·. .·. ·market committee'', the wprds "or the . • . pCTOBER ij, �15. J:\NPHRAPRADESH GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY 5 (3) Dir�ctor qf Marketing or the Officer authofizedbyhi rnas the case maybe j; sJiailbe inserted and for the words "aH ·the arrears of amounts due to H'1, -the words'(an thean�ears of a.mounts'' shall be .JUbstituted, after .syp-secUon ( 1) so amended, the following shall be inserted, narnely: .. d(1--A) Then� shall be a State wide slngle licence for the trader to be granted l renewed by the Director of marketing or an Officer authorized by him in the manner and in the f orrn a-s r,iaybeprescribed. The existing trader Jicehces granted by lhe AgricuUural M�rke! f ommjttees st, air be converted J\ct No. 14 C·f 2015. into Stat� wide single trader, Hcence by the Director of Marketing or the Officer authorized by hhn, \Vlthin six {6) months- fron1 the date of cotn.mencement of the Andhra :Pradesh {Agricultural Produce and liyestooK)Markets (Aniendrnent) Act, 20l5, unm then the existing trader lit:enc�s .erar\ted by the Agricultural Tv1�rket Co1nmittees arc1 deerned to h:ave been the Sta.tev11ide single trader licences: (11BJA.commissionagent licence shaU be gri=lnJed I rene\l\red by the Agrioullural M.arket · Committee in the manner in the form as may be . .. pre�crit>ed to operate as a · Commission Agent in a market; ···(.1.;.C)• '-Narehou$e licence shall be granted ir�newed by the .Agricultural Market Committee for establishing.I operating a warehouse in the notified area of the Market Committee, in the manner and ln the form as may be prescribed; (1--D) Processor licence shaU be granted I renewed by the Agricultural Market Committee for estabHshing I operating of a processor i� the n(?tlfied · area of the market comm1ttee l tn the manner and in the form. as n1ay be prescribed: (1-E) Licence for an other purposes . mentioned under sub-section (1) shall be granted/renev�red by the Agricultural Jylarket Comtnittee to operate anywhere in the notified are.a. in the manner and· in the form as may be prescribed.". (4) h1 sub .. section (4)(a), in clauses (Ht (iii) and {iv) i after the \vords "market committee··. the \!\lords "or the Director of Marketing or the Officer authorized by· him as the case may be'' shall be in$erted; (5) iO sub-section (4}(b}� after the \Nerds "market comn1ittee", the v1ords 0or the Director of lvlarketing or the Officer authotized by him as the case may be'' shall be inserted and for the expression �subwseclion (1 )\ the expression �;sub-sections ( 1-A), (1--B). {1-C}� (1-0) and (1-EY shall be substituted.•". ·· {6l-·for sub;section(6);--the·foilowing shall· be substituted. nan1ely, ll(6) Notwithstanding anything contlaned tn sub-section (1 }, no person shall purchase for sale or processing any notified agticultu ral .. .. •· ocroa�t�:6,, .io1s-�NQHAA?RAOESH -GI\ZETTE. EXTRAORDIN/\RY . . ,• .. -·" ·.. .. . .. ... ··. ' .. '· . . .. , ' . . ·: .. . . . . prodµ.ce�nve ·stock and products of live '$\()Ck?ut�ic;Ie the market established/ declaied by the market com·mittee or outside the licensed Direct Purchase .G�ntrt:?s-, '\. . . {7):Jor sub�sec�ion (7) along \i\1ith proviso ·. thereto, the following shall be i�µbstituted, namely,... ·. · "(1") Not:withstanding anything contained in sub�sections (1) to (6), the . Directgr of Marketing may granVrenew 'licence in the manner and in thetorm p,t&$Cfibed, . to . a· j'.1erson.· after :ex�mJcnatlon of the credentials l .. exp"erience and the. proposed-plan to :establ°ii,h a .Oriect ,f>urchase Centre. in a--notified area, with such facilUies as r,r,.scribed, for :making ·purchases from th� gro wers of the agricultural· produce;Jive stock, and products of live .sfocl(forp-rocessing, grading, packing, :stori11g and for sate/export of the products: Provided fhaL the. licence so >:grant�d ·. un�er-sub--section(7) shall be •· suspehded or · cancetled for violation < of any provisions of the Act�: :(8) after$ub-sec.tion(8) i thefoUowing st1all . .. ·ba.a: · •.d-· ·d"ed·· . n·· am·. aly ..-�- .,. . .. j.... 1;J 1 tfi9) ·- Notwithstanding anything co�ain,e.dfn s.ub-sections (1) to (8). the @ove:rn.m�nt m$y · grantlrenew a •. : -· 0l icenoe-�to--establish-�and -operate prlyate roarketinthe manner and forn1 as ma.y be. prescribed ) after examination of the credentials. �?(�e.rierice and pr oposed plan. toe�tabJish'a private market in a noti"fied ' -�-:,,..,,,�:�NX ..... �.�-i�.o..-.,t:-··· .: - •••••••• ,-,. ···�·-·••• 8' .. : Orn;sskmof section1A ant1ia,··· .. Ame�tmtof sciction 11. · ........... ,•.•,,.• . .-. •• -.v.-..... , ........ ,; ANDHRA PRAOES.H GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY . {PART !V-8 5. , .•• ,, •• , ..•. ·.•r,,,.,,.,·,·.·.·.·.·.·.w.•,=,Y .·. •.• .•,n•!••,•r,,•,•,•,•,•,•• ar�a; for the purposes of th'is Act VJith such facilities as prescribed for facilitating transparent and effie-cient t.reding of notified agricultura.t produce., Hve �tock and products of live- stock: PrQvicie(;I that the ·li'cence so gra.nted shall -be. suspended or canceHed for vlolatron of any p-rovisions · of ihe Act (1 O){a) The Directorof Marketing rnay from time to time identify and notify the markets for c-onducHng online trade through electronic platform and dire-et the rnarket-cornmittee to provide infrastructure for conducting online tra�e within the stipulate� time and the n1arket committee shail provide the infrastructure vJithin the stipulated ·tin-ie. (b) After satisfying himself that the necessary infras1ructure is provided in the selected markets, the Director of Marketing shall notify the date with · :effect from which on line trade through electroni·c platfor1n shaU take place '�. . . . In the princlpaf Act, sections 7A and 78 .· .. shall be ornltted. In the principal .Act. in section 11, for sub� sectio:n {'l) t- the following shall be substituted] narnelyt .. " �i(j:) cvery�ontr�ct�nt,�r�� intp b¥ a market committee · · .,. ,sh�U-p�,,n.wrttmgand signed by the Secreta�y :of the· Market Committee in the manner a.s :.fnay .b�. prescribed�,�. . . . 7,� Jn .the. principal Act, for section 11A, the :foUowing,·sha11 be-,substituted, nan1eiy, .. . ·. .. . . . •... .. -11A� {1) Every. contract farming "C<:>J'.ltr� ct s'.ponsor shaU reg�ster with .. Fartnirtg. Reg.isterir1g Authority in such · · · · · · manner and on payment of such fee as•-rnay be prescdhed . , :{2) 1"h,;f contract farming sponsor shall registe.tthe·contract-faqtlihg agreernent. with >ft,� R.egistering Authority in s.uch manner and J rr$u�h Jornras·· rnay be· pres-cribed. (3) t:JptwiU ,stat1ding anythir19 contained .Jncontra,ctfattriing agteement ! no fitle, rights, ownership orpo$:session shaH be transferred .or attenuated· or vest it1 the contract f arn�ino ,· . . · .- . , . - . - - ·v ::spor\sor:'.or his successor or his agent as a :yons$ql.iehpe flrising out of the. contract ·,,tarmtng·agreen1$nt.: . . (41 .·· AnydiS�'lUt� ari$i'1g.otitof.contract >f�rmihg agreemertt'shaU.be decided by -the . Re.gi�t�rlngAutl1ority, He shaU resolve the dispute lr1 a $�irrnnary in�nner within thirty ·d�ys., from : the pafe o:r reference of dispute ... J�y:gi)fing:thte partie� a respnable. opportunity ;Qfibe.ing:tt�-�td,·Ji1·SUch manner as ma}' be · presqrib�<.t, ($) The p i;irly aggrieved by the .decisfort <>:fthe· Regi:stetit19 Authority under : ... , .. ,, ... n·-····:;$JJQ���,9!itjr1(4K.:t'n�Y prefer$n appea1 to the ·.tlire �9t gf.fUl�rl<eting ·within thirty days from the· date of·. de,cision. The Director of · -M�rk�ting.�Q�U di$pose offthe appeal within • 'thirty:daysafter, giving the parties a reasonble . . · . . . ···· . . . . . ' . '• - · . . . Substih1ticn of s�ctior, 11 A .4r:nftt1�ment pf �eC�iOH 12,. . ··, ... •·· :· · · .Amendment at i�ction··:u�JF;.·· :Amendment� or::: sect1061Ef ANOHRAiPRADESH GAZETTE EX'.rRAOROtNARY [PART iv�s opportunity· of being- h.eard and the decision of the Oltector. of Marketing shall be fin at. (6) . The dedsion of the authority under sup .. section ( 4) and decision in appeal under �ub-section ·. (5) shaU have the force of a d·ecree of the Civil Court and sha.li be enforceable as such and dec.retal amount shall b'e recovered as arrears of land revenue. ·(7) The agricultural produce under contract fanning shall be sold to the contract farmlng sponsor ·in the manner prescribed ! ·on. payment of- market fee by the contract farming-· bL�yer. t1. 8.· .· In: th.e principaJ Act1 in section 12., after sub .. section (1:J ar;,d before ttle Exptanation�I: the foUoviing shall be inserted,,.·name1�1.- ·· ll{1-A) the Market Fee under sub-section{1) s�all be· single polnt levy on notified AoriculttJralProduce, Live stock and Product - . . . . · . . of Live stock: If the fvlarket Fee is levied and collected by any Market Con1n1iUee in the · State; ·and such Agricultural Produce. live . stock and Product of live s1ock sold or processed withtn the State are exported outside the State� it shaH be exernpted from the levy of f\�arket Fee subject to prodJJction of evidenc.� of payment of Market Fee as ma:y be· prescribed .. ". ::9, lnthe.priric1paLAct, in secUon 12-F� in sub-section (1}:l for the. ,vorr.Js: 0 or- on f;ln application made to him\ :the· expre�$ion 11or on an application made by the '()eti,Jon�r�.af:ter:exhausting the. -opportunity under section :·12-E·\ shall '.be substituted. 1:'0.; .. jr,::{he.,principaf Act 1 in secfion16 i (1) in sub-section ( 1), for the \titords 'len percent\ the words htwenty five percent", shaU be substituted; •· • f i' r l !, . } r /:. OGTOBE=R 8< 2Qt5: ANOHRA PRAQESH G�.ZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. . 11 . . .:�--. . . . -. ,. ' .. . . .' . . .. - . '. . . . . . "'. {2) i�::SOb�secUon {2J� after clause··{m). the foUow'ing new· clause shall be ins,erted l namely�-·· "(Hi�a), -grant of incentives for attractfr1g private ir1vestments. into the designated n1arketing related infrastructure 'in such mijnner as may be specified by general or special order '�. q.s;;s.v. DURG.A PRASAD, Secretary to Government Law Department. :. ' i: t