See Full Document Text
RNI No. MAHBIL /2009/40123
महाारााष्ट्रट शाासन रााजपत्र
असाधााराण भााग पाच–अ
वर्षष ११, अंक १७ (३)] सोमवारा, डि�संबरा ८, २०२५/अग्रहाायण १७, शाके १९४७ [पष्ृठे े८, डिकमं त : रुपय े३६.००
असाधााराण क्रमांक ३२
प्रााडिधाकृत प्राकाशान
महाारााष्ट्र डिवधाानसभाेत व महाारााष्ट्र डिवधाानपरिरार्षदेेत सादेरा केलेेलेी डिवधाेयके (इंंग्रजी अनुवादे).
MAHARASHTRA LEGISLATURE SECRETARIAT
The following Bill was introduced in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on the
8th December, 2025 is published under Rule 117 of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Rules :—
L. A. BILL No. XCIII OF 2025.
A BILL
further to amend the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing
(Development and Regulation) Act, 1963.
WHEREAS both Houses of the State Legislature were not in session ;
AND WHEREAS the Governor of Maharashtra was satisfied that
circumstances existed which rendered it necessary for him to take immediate
Mah. action further to amend the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing
XX of (Development and Regulation) Act, 1963, for the purposes hereinafter
1964.
appearing ; and, therefore, promulgated the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce
Mah.
Ord. IX Marketing (Development and Regulation) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, on
of 2025. the 13th October 2025;
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to replace the said Ordinance, by an Act
of the State Legislature; it is hereby enacted in the Seventy-sixth Year of the
Republic of India as follows :—
भााग पााच-अ-३२-१.
एच बीी-२४०९-१. (१)
Mah.
XX of
1964.2 महाारााष्ट्रट शाासन रााजपत्र असाधााराण भााग पाच–अ, डि�संबरा ८, २०२५/अग्रहाायण १७, शाके १९४७
Short title 1. (1) This Act may be called the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Mah.
and Marketing (Development and Regulation) (Amendment) Act, 2025. XX of
commence- 1964.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 13th October 2025.
ment.
Amendment 2. In section 2 of the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing
of section 2 of (Development and Regulation) Act, 1963 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal
Mah. XX of
Act”),—
1964.
(1) after clause (j), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :—
“(j-1) “Market of National Importance” means the Market of
National Importance established under section 5-1A ;”;
(2) after clause (k), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :-
“(k-1) “National Agriculture Market” means an integrated market
where, notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time
being in force, buying and selling of agricultural produce and activities
incidental thereto are carried out either electronically or otherwise in
India possessing marketing utility across time and space ;”;
(3) after clause (t), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :-
“(t-1) “Unified Single Trading Licence” means Unified Single
Trading Licence granted under section 7A or recognised under section
7B for intrastate or interstate trade ;”.
Insertion of 3. After Chapter I-A of the principal Act, the following Chapter shall be
new Chapter inserted, namely :—
after Chapter
I-A in Mah.
XX of 1964.
“CHAPTER I-1A
EstablishmEnt Of markEt Of natiOnal impOrtancE
Establishment 5-1A. (1) The State Government may, by notification published in the
of Market Official Gazette, designate any existing market established under section 5 as
of National “Market of National Importance” or establish any market as “Market of National
Importance.
Importance”, after consideration of such aspects regarding marketing of
agricultural produce like total throughput value, upstream catchment area,
down-stream number of consumers served and special infrastructure
requirements therefor, requiring regulation by Market of National Importance :
Provided that, the market handling not less than eighty thousand metric
tons agricultural produce or such annual tonnage or such annual value, as may
be specified by the Government by an order, from time to time, and in which
agricultural produce arrives from not less than two other States, may be
considered for designating the Market of National Importance.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the regulation of
marketing in Market of National Importance shall be in such manner as may
be prescribed.
Composition 5-1B. (1) The Market Committee of Market of National Importance shall
of Market consist of the following members, namely :—
Committee
(i) Minister for Marketing - Chairman ;
of Market
of National (ii) Minister of State for Marketing - Vice-Chairman ;
Importance.
(iii) Commissioner of Agriculture or his representative, who shall not
be below the rank of Joint Director ;महाारााष्ट्रट शाासन रााजपत्र असाधााराण भााग पाच–अ, डि�संबरा ८, २०२५/अग्रहाायण १७, शाके १९४७ 3
(iv) Director of Marketing or his representative, who shall not be below
the rank of Joint Registrar of Department of Co-operation ;
(v) Executive Director, Maharashtra State Agriculture Marketing
Board, Pune or his representative, who shall not be below the rank of Joint
Registrar of Department of Co-operation ;
(vi) Four agriculturists from the revenue division in which the Market
of National Importance is situated, out of them two agriculturists shall be
from the area of the Market Committee (of which one shall be woman and
one shall be a person belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes
or Other Backward Classes or De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis) or
Nomadic Tribes) ;
(vii) If required, two agriculturist recommended by other State
Governments (one each from two other States), wherefrom maximum
arrivals of agricultural produce are received in the Market Yard of National
Importance, to be nominated by the State Government of Maharashtra;
(viii) Three members holding the licence of Trader of the concerned
Market of National Importance, out of them one shall be from agro-
processing industry who has experience of minimum three years as a
Director or partner in concerned processing industry (of which one shall
be woman and one shall be a person belonging to the Scheduled Castes or
Scheduled Tribes or Other Backward Classes or De-notified Tribes
(Vimukta Jatis) or Nomadic Tribes) ;
(ix) One person nominated by the Government who is an expert in
any of the fields of finance, marketing, co-operation, management or import-
export.
(2) (a) The Market Committee may invite the following persons as special
invitees for the purpose of assisting or advising it on any matter or matters,
namely : —
(i) One representative of Agricultural and Processed Food Products
Export Development Authority (APEDA), after obtaining prior permission
of the concerned authority of the Government of India ;
(ii) Managing Director of Maharashtra State Warehousing Corporation
or his representative (who shall not be below the rank of Joint Registrar
of Department of Co-operation) ;
(iii) Administrative Head of the Local Government Body or an Officer,
not below the rank of Officer of Group A nominated by him in the area
where the Market of National Importance is situated.
(b) Such special invitees may take part in the meetings of the Committee,
but shall have no right to vote.
(3) An officer from Agriculture, Marketing, Co-operation, Revenue
Department or Government Officer from any other Department, who is holding
an equivalent post of Joint Registrar of Department of Co-operation, to be
nominated by the State Government, shall be the Secretary of the market
committee.
(4) The persons nominated by the State Government to be the members of
Market Committee of Market of National Importance shall hold office for the
period of five years from the date of nomination or until the pleasure of the State
Government.4 महाारााष्ट्रट शाासन रााजपत्र असाधााराण भााग पाच–अ, डि�संबरा ८, २०२५/अग्रहाायण १७, शाके १९४७
(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, as soon as the
notification of establishment of Market of National Importance is issued under
section 5-1A by the State Government, the existing Market Committee shall
cease to function and all the existing Committee members shall cease to hold
their office.
Executive 5-1C. (1) There shall be Executive Committee consisting of such persons
Committee as may be prescribed for carrying out day to day duties of the Market Committee
of Market
Committee of Market of National Importance.
of Market
of National (2) The Market Committee may delegate any of its powers and duties to
Importance. the Executive Committee by order in writing.
Application 5-1D. The provisions of this Act which applies to the markets established
of certain under section 5 shall, except the provisions of proviso to section 12(1) and sections
sections to
12 (3), 13, 14, 14A, 15, 15A, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 21A, 22, 23, 23A, 24, 25, 26,
Market of
National 27, 27A, 28, 41A and 45, apply to the Market of National Importance.”.
Importance.
Amendment 4. In section 5D of the principal Act, in sub-section (6), in clause (a), after
of section 5D the words “The provisions of ” the words, figures and letters “section 7A, section
of Mah. XX of
10A,” shall be inserted.
1964.
Amendment 5. In section 6 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2A), for the words “except
of section 6 as provided in section 5D, shall not require any licence or permission, and shall
of Mah. XX of
not be regulated by the Market Committee.” the words “shall require licence as
1964.
provided in section 5D or licence or permission from the Market Committee,
however no market fees shall be chargeable from such licensee by the Market
Committee.” shall be substituted.
Amendment 6. In section 7 of the principal Act, sub-section (3) shall be deleted.
of section 7
of Mah. XX of
1964.
Insertion of 7. After section 7 of the principal Act, the following sections shall be
new sections inserted, namely :—
7A and 7B in
Mah. XX of
1964.
Grant of “7A. (1) There shall be a Unified Single Trading Licence for the whole of
Unified Single the State for the trader to be granted or renewed by the Director or by an Officer
Trading authorized by him, in such manner and in such form, as may be prescribed, to
Licence. operate as trader in any principal market yard, submarket yard, private market
yard and e-trading platform or any other space identified for the purpose in the
State.
(2) Any person desirous of obtaining or renewing a Unified Single Trading
Licence under sub-section (1) as a trader, shall apply to the Director or an Officer
authorized by him in such form along with such fee as may be prescribed.
(3) The Director or an Officer authorized by him, on receipt of an application
under sub-section (2), subject to the provisions of this Act and rules made in
this behalf after making such inquiries as he deems fit, may grant or renew the
licence for such period as may be prescribed :
Provided that, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act and the
rules, there shall be no consideration of domicile, compulsory requirement ofमहाारााष्ट्रट शाासन रााजपत्र असाधााराण भााग पाच–अ, डि�संबरा ८, २०२५/अग्रहाायण १७, शाके १९४७ 5
purchas or collection centre or minimal quantity for grant or renew of such
licence :
Provided further that, such licence granted or renewed shall entail to the
licensee to carry out trade of any form i.e. primary or secondary or whatsoever,
without any discrimination.
(4) The Unified Single Trading Licence issued by the Director or an Officer
authorized by him under this section shall bear such unicode as may be prescribed.
7B. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the State may Recognition
allow holder of Unified Single Trading Licence bearing Unicode issued by any of Unified
Single
other State or Union Territory to undertake trade transaction within its
Trading
geographical jurisdiction on e-platform or any other format including physical,
Licence
that may be in operation, as a trader, in such manner as may be prescribed. granted or
renewed by
(2) Such licensee shall be liable to pay the market fee and other marketing other States
charges at the rate applicable in the State where trade transaction takes place or Union
Territories
in the manner as may be prescribed.”.
for inter-
state trade.
8. In section 8 of the principal Act, after sub-section (3), the following Amendment
sub-section (4) shall be added, namely :— of section 8
of Mah. XX
“(4) If the licence is suspended or cancelled under this section, then of 1964.
the holder of such licence shall forthwith produce the same in the office of
the Market Committee or a Director or an Officer authorized by him, as
the case may be, and he shall not be entitled to any claim on account of
such suspension or cancellation any compensation or refund of the whole
or any part licence fee or any other money.”.
9. In section 10 of the principal Act, after sub-section (6), the following Amendment
sub-section shall be added, namely :— of section 10
in Mah. XX
“(7) Any dispute arising between and among the Unified Single Trader of 1964.
Licensees, seller, farmer, Market Committee and holder of Unified Single
Licensees of other State or Union Territories who are allowed to undertake
trade transaction within the geographical jurisdiction of Maharashtra on
e-platform or any other format including physical that may be in operation,
as trader, including any dispute regarding the quality or weight or payment
of any agricultural produce, or any matter in relation to the regulation of
marketing of agricultural produce may be resolved by the Director or an
Officer authorized by him, in a summary manner within thirty days, after
giving the parties a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
(8) Any person aggrieved by the order of the Director or an Officer
authorized by him under sub-section (7), may prefer an appeal to the State
Government or an Officer authorized by it, in such form and manner as
may be prescribed, within thirty days from the date of the receipt of such
order. The Appellate Authority shall dispose of an appeal after giving the
parties a reasonable opportunity of being heard, within a period of thirty
days from the date of receipt thereof.”.6 महाारााष्ट्रट शाासन रााजपत्र असाधााराण भााग पाच–अ, डि�संबरा ८, २०२५/अग्रहाायण १७, शाके १९४७
Amendment 10. In section 34A of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the words
of section “the State Government” the words “the Director” shall be substituted.
34A of Mah.
XX of 1964.
Power to 11. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of the
remove principal Act, as amended by this Act, the State Government may, as occasion
difficulty.
arises, by an order published in the Official Gazette, do anything not inconsistent
with the provisions of the principal Act, as amended by this Act which appears
to it to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of removing the difficulty:
Provided that, no such order shall be made after the expiry of a period of
two years from the date of commencement of this Act.
(2) Every order made under sub-section (1) shall be laid, as soon as may
be, after it is made before each house of the State Legislature.
Repeal of 12. (1) The Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development Mah.
Mah. Ord.
and Regulation) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, is hereby repealed. Ord. IX
IX of 2025
of 2025.
and saving. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken
(including any notification or order issued) under the corresponding provisions
of the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to
have been done, taken or, as the case may be, issued under the corresponding
provisions of the principal Act, as amended by this Act.महाारााष्ट्रट शाासन रााजपत्र असाधााराण भााग पाच–अ, डि�संबरा ८, २०२५/अग्रहाायण १७, शाके १९४७ 7
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
The Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development and
Regulation) Act, 1963 (Mah. XX of 1964) is enacted to develop and regulate the
marketing of agricultural and certain other produce in market areas and
markets including private markets and farmer consumer markets established
therefor in the State, to confer powers upon Market Committees and to provide
for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2. The State Government is consistently trying to get better prices for
agricultural produce to the farmers. To bring consistency and transparency in
the prevailing auction system and to get fair prices for agricultural products,
the Central Government has started e-National Agricultural Market Scheme
(e-NAM) based on the concept of one market at national level for sale and
purchase agricultural produce.
To minimise hurdles in trading of agricultural produce and for getting
better prices to farmers for their agricultural produce in the market committees
of the State, e-National Agricultural Market Scheme is implemented. However,
in the absence of provision of Single Unified Trading Licence in the said Act,
for the whole State, the e-National Agricultural Market Scheme could not be
implemented in inter market and inter State trade under e-NAM scheme. In
order to effectively implement the e-NAM scheme in the State, the Government
considered it expedient to amend the said Act to provide for Single Unified
Licence for trade in agriculture produce throughout the State and inter State
trade also, if so recognised by the other State.
3. Considering need of special requirement of infrastructure and better
facilitation of sale of agricultural produce in any existing market, which is
handling not less than eighty thousand metric tons agriculture produce and in
which agricultural produce comes from not less than two other States, it was
considered necessary to establish it as Market of National Importance or to
establish any such market as Market of National Importance.
The provision is also made for establishment of Market Committee of
Market of National Importance and Executive Committee for carrying out day
to day duties of such Market Committee.
4. The provision is made to provide for resolution of disputes regarding
quality or weight or payment of any agricultural produce between and amongst
the Unified Single Trader Licensees, farmer, seller and Market Committee.
5. These amendments will ensure that the farmers in the State will get
maximum benefit from the competitive prices of agricultural produce.
6. As both Houses of the State Legislature were not in session and the
Governor of Maharashtra was satisfied that circumstances existed which
rendered it necessary for him to take immediate action to amend the Maharashtra
Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development and Regulation) Act, 1963 for
the purposes aforesaid, the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing
(Development and Regulation) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, (Mah. Ord. IX
of 2025), was promulgated by the Governor of Maharashtra on the 13th October
2025.
7. The Bill is intended to replace the said Ordinance by an Act of the State
Legislature.
Mumbai, JAYKUMAR RAWAL,
Dated the 19th November, 2025. Minister for Marketing.8 महाारााष्ट्रट शाासन रााजपत्र असाधााराण भााग पाच–अ, डि�संबरा ८, २०२५/अग्रहाायण १७, शाके १९४७
MEMORANDUM REGARDING DELEGATED LEGISLATION
The Bill involves the following proposals for delegation of legislative power,
namely:-
Clause 3.- Under this clause, which seeks to insert a new Chapter I-1A,
containing sections 5-1A, 5-1B and 5-1C, in the Maharashtra Agricultural
Produce Marketing (Development and Regulation) Act, 1963,—
(i) in section 5-1A, power is taken to the State Government to
designate any existing market as “Market of National Importance”, by
notification in the Official Gazette and to prescribe by rules the manner
for regulation of marketing in Market of National Importance ;
(ii) in section 5-1C, power is taken to the State Government to
prescribe by rules persons as members of the Executive Committee.
Clause 7.—Under this clause,-
(a) which seeks to insert a new section 7A in the said Act, power
is taken to the State Government to prescribe by rules the form of
application for Unified Single Trading Licence, fees therefor, and manner,
form and period of such Licence and unicode therefor ;
(b) which seeks to insert a new section 7B in the said Act, power
is taken to the State Government to prescribe by rules the manner to
undertake transactions as trader in its jurisdiction by the holder of
Unified Single Trading Licence issued by other State or Union Territory.
Clause 9.—Under this clause, which seeks to amend section 10 of the
said Act, power is taken to the State Government to prescribe by rules the
form and manner in which appeal may be preferred to the State Government.
Clause 11.—Under this clause, power is taken to the State Government
to issue an order in the Official Gazette, for removing any difficulty which
may arise in giving effect to the provisions of said Act.
2. The above-mentioned proposals for delegation of legislative power are of
normal character.
Vidhan Bhavan, JITENDRA BHOLE,
Nagpur, Secretary-1,
Dated the 8th December, 2025. Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
ON BEHALF OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATION, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY DIRECTOR, RUPENDRA DINESH MORE, PRINTED AT
GOVERNMENT PRESS AND BOOK DEPOT, CIVIL LINES,NAGPUR-440 001 AND PUBLISHED AT DIRECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND
PUBLICATIONS, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004. EDITOR : DIRECTOR, RUPENDRA DINESH MORE