Though Agriculture and Agricultural Marketing is a State Subject, Government has made a provision for Contract Farming in the Model Acts circulated to the States for their adoption. As per the Model APMC Act, 2003, 15 States have provisioned Contract Farming in their state APMC Acts(Annexure).

               Details of States provisioning Contract Farming in their State APMC Acts

 

Sr. No.	States/Union Territories(UTs)
	Andhra Pradesh
	Chhattisgarh
	Haryana
	Himachal Pradesh
	Jharkhand
	Karnataka
	Madhya Pradesh
	Maharashtra
	Mizoram
	Odisha
	Punjab (Separate Act)
	Rajasthan
	Sikkim
	Telangana
	Uttarakhand

 

This information was given by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

 

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