Agro traders to get marketing licences

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July 14, 2015 MADURAI: As the regulated trading of agricultural products in the district has started gaining pace, the Agricultural Marketing Committee in the district has started issuing spot licences to all traders dealing with notified products of the committee.

As many as 20 agricultural produces- paddy, cotton, groundnut, silk cotton, chilly, sugarcane, jaggery, potato, tamarind, onion, coconut, gingely, sorghum, pearl millet, toor dal, banana, mango, tomato and grapes- have been notified by the marketing committee.

It is mandatory for traders dealing with these items to obtain Market Committee Licence under Tamil Nadu Agriculture Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1987. To obtain the licence, a trader has to pay a fee of Rs 25 for the cap below Rs 2 lakh, Rs 75 for a trade size of Rs 2 lakh to 5 lakh and Rs 300 for above Rs 5 lakh of trading.

The licences are issued either for an annum or for three years.

Official sources said secretary to state government and agriculture production commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni has stressed that all the traders dealing with the notified agricultural products should have proper licences from the marketing committee so that both traders and the farming community could benefit from the transaction.

To facilitate the traders, the marketing committee has been doing door-to-door licensing in the last few months.

"We have issued 118 licences in the past months. We are continuing the drive with our staff visiting the establishments. We appeal to traders to contact the committee at 0452-2533940 to get information on licensing," said Marketing Committee Secretary, J Thavasumuthu.

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