In a first of its kind of exercise, NITI Aayog has prepared 'Agriculture Market¬ing and Farmer Friendly Reforms Index' based on initiatives taken by the States in implementing farm sector reforms. The index aims at helping the States to identify and address problems in the farm sector, which suffer from low growth, low farm income and agrarian distress.
According to the Index
Maharashtra has been adjudged the most farmer friendly and has been ranked first state in the country on reforms in agricultural marketing, followed by Gujarat and Rajasthan.
• The state of Maharashtra achieved first rank in implementation of various reforms and has implemented most of the marketing reforms and offers best environment for doing agribusiness among all the States and UTs.
• Madhya Pradesh ranked fourth, followed by Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telengana, Goa and Chhattisgarh.
Almost 20 out of 29 states, including West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Assam, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu and J&K, have done poorly with regard to agri-sector reforms, not even reaching the halfway mark of 50.
• Detailed study of the reforms in vari-. ous States and UTs show that reforms have remained patchy, partial, and sporadic and implemented in much diluted form
How the States are Ranked in the Index?
The index ranks States on three major parameters
• Reforms in agricultural marketing
• Land lease
• Forestry on private land.
• The minimum score of zero implies no reforms at all; a score of 100 would mean the opposite and the friendliest to farmers.
Maharashtra got 81.7 and Gujarat was second at 71.5, Puducherry, Delhi and Jammu & Kashmir got the lowest three grades, of 4.8, 7.3 and 7.4, respectively. Three States and four Union Territories — including Bihar and Kerala — did not figure in the list, as these do not have any Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee Act.
NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand told journalists it would take time for states to amend their APMC laws in line with the requirement of e-NAM. "While The Central government' first intro¬duced reforms in the APMCs or wholesale markets (mandis) through the model APMC law in 2003, urging states to/adopt it since agri-marketing is a state subject under the Constitution.
In the past decade, a majority of States have partly adopted the model law; some have ignored it. The Centre has since decided to bring another 'model APMC Act to address all the concerns of States, including the subject of contract, and to facilitate the setting up of private mandis. The centre has also launched the electronic agricul¬ture market (e-NaM) portal but success here has been slow in the absence of big mandi reforms.
According to the Index
Maharashtra has been adjudged the most farmer friendly and has been ranked first state in the country on reforms in agricultural marketing, followed by Gujarat and Rajasthan.
• The state of Maharashtra achieved first rank in implementation of various reforms and has implemented most of the marketing reforms and offers best environment for doing agribusiness among all the States and UTs.
• Madhya Pradesh ranked fourth, followed by Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telengana, Goa and Chhattisgarh.
Almost 20 out of 29 states, including West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Assam, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu and J&K, have done poorly with regard to agri-sector reforms, not even reaching the halfway mark of 50.
• Detailed study of the reforms in vari-. ous States and UTs show that reforms have remained patchy, partial, and sporadic and implemented in much diluted form
How the States are Ranked in the Index?
The index ranks States on three major parameters
• Reforms in agricultural marketing
• Land lease
• Forestry on private land.
• The minimum score of zero implies no reforms at all; a score of 100 would mean the opposite and the friendliest to farmers.
Maharashtra got 81.7 and Gujarat was second at 71.5, Puducherry, Delhi and Jammu & Kashmir got the lowest three grades, of 4.8, 7.3 and 7.4, respectively. Three States and four Union Territories — including Bihar and Kerala — did not figure in the list, as these do not have any Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee Act.
NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand told journalists it would take time for states to amend their APMC laws in line with the requirement of e-NAM. "While The Central government' first intro¬duced reforms in the APMCs or wholesale markets (mandis) through the model APMC law in 2003, urging states to/adopt it since agri-marketing is a state subject under the Constitution.
In the past decade, a majority of States have partly adopted the model law; some have ignored it. The Centre has since decided to bring another 'model APMC Act to address all the concerns of States, including the subject of contract, and to facilitate the setting up of private mandis. The centre has also launched the electronic agricul¬ture market (e-NaM) portal but success here has been slow in the absence of big mandi reforms.
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