Current Affairs - State - Discussion

Odisha approved a new agricultural marketing law to replace the Odisha Agricultural Produce Markets (OAPM) Act, 1956, with the objective of creating a more competitive, transparent, and farmer-centric agricultural marketing system. The new legislation aligns the state's framework with the Centre's Model Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing Act, 2017. It promotes electronic trading, e-auctions, a unified statewide market, inter-state trade, and a single trading licence. The reforms also recognise warehouses, cold storages, and silos as market sub-yards while encouraging the participation of Farmer Producer Organisations, cooperatives, and self-help groups to improve market access for farmers.