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Farm sector reforms depend on fresh avenues, markets to bear fruit

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NEW DELHI : Market forces could make or mar the success of measures taken for the evolution of a seamless national market for farm produce and for opening up new avenues for farmers to sell their wares, said experts, even as President Ram Nath Kovind signed three ordinances on Friday removing the legal hurdles in the process.The changes, effective immediately, prohibit setting stock limits on agriculture produce, except in times such as a war or famine, when prices shoot up abnormally.

They also permit trading of farm produce outside wholesale markets without being subject to state levies.The government also introduced a legislative framework for farmers to reduce their risks by entering versatile contracts with agri-businesses for sale of.

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