UP amends Mandi Act to facilitate direct procurement from farmers

Farmers allowed to sell 46 fruits and vegetables directly without bringing them to mandis

After allowing FPOs to directly procure from farmers, Uttar Pradesh has announced another set of reforms to its Mandi Act. 

The state joins the long list of domains that have used the Covid-19 crisis to make changes in their APMC rules in order to facilitate direct procurement from farmers.

The UP government yesterday decided to abolish certain provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Krishi Utpadan Mandi Act through an ordinance that will allow farmers to sell 46 fruits and vegetables directly without bringing them to the mandis. But if they do bring these items to the mandis, only a nominal user charge will