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15.Provision made for resolving of disputes, if any, arising between private market/ consumer market and Market Committee. (Section-50)

16.State Governments conferred power to exempt any agricultural produce brought for sale in market area, from payment of market fee. (Section-56)

17.Market Committees permitted to use its funds among others to create facilities like grading, standardization and quality certification; to create infrastructure on its own or through public private partnership for post harvest handling of agricultural produce and development of modern marketing system. (Section-59)

18.For the Chairmanship of State Agricultural Marketing Board, two options provided namely Minister in-charge of Agricultural Marketing as ex-officio or alternatively to be elected by the Chairman/ members of Market Committees. (Section-63)

19.The State Agricultural Marketing Board made specifically responsible for:

(i) setting up of a separate marketing extension cell in the Board to provide market-led extension services to farmers;
(ii) promoting grading, standardization and quality certification of notified agricultural produce and for the purpose to set up a separate Agricultural Produce Marketing Standards Bureau. (Section-73)
20.Funds of the State Agricultural Marketing Board permitted to be utilized for promoting either on its own or through public private partnership, for the following:
market survey, research, grading, standardization, quality certification, etc.;
Development of quality testing and communication infrastructure.
Development of media, cyber and long distance infrastructure relevant to marketing of agricultural and allied commodities. (Section-79)
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