Office Memorandum No. 1217/2024/TD of the Transport Department, Government of Punjab dated 10th June, 2024 on the sponsoring of contract farming [C18-123]

No. 1217/2024/TD

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

Transport Department, Government of Punjab

Chandigarh, dated the 10th June, 2024

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The sponsoring of contract farming by contract farming sponsors under the Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Transport Department, Government of Punjab on the manner in which the sponsoring of contract farming by contract farming sponsors is to be regulated under the Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961.

2. The matter has been examined. Every contract farming sponsor carrying on the sponsoring of contract farming shall make an application in Form F to the Director of Agriculture within thirty days, accompanied by a fee of one thousand rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the sponsoring of contract farming is undertaken, and the Director of Agriculture shall dispose of it within thirty days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Transport Department, Government of Punjab.

(Secretary to Government)