4. Way Forward

1. NITI Aayog Recommendation: NITI Aayog has identified key reforms required in state APMC acts and is now persuading states to undertake the reforms. These reforms include:

I. Provision for e-trading, unified trading license and a single point levy of market fee

II. Set up markets in the private sector (private mandis) and direct marketing to reduce the intermediaries between producer and buyer.

III. States advised to relax the felling and transit rules for trees grown by farmers on their own lands to encourage agroforestry for supplementary income.

IV. Liberalize land lease market – Niti Aayog has already brought up a model Land leasing law for the same.