Slew of Exemptions For Agriculture Amidst Lockdown
As per earlier declaration by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 14 April address to the nation, ministry of Home affairs has released the guidelines for exempted activities under agriculture. Keeping the harvesting and up coming season in mind agriculture and allied sectors are given top priority.
Some of the key exemptions given include exempting the Farming operations in farm field from the lockdown guidelines. Agencies involved in procurement operations of agriculture commodities including those involved in MSP operations have also been exempted. Then, all the Mandi that comes under Union government and state or Union Territories, also the cooperative and farmer producer organisation (FPO), have been granted exemption. States and UTs are also requested to promote decentralised procurement as well as much talked about direct procurement from farmers door, the guidelines issued by MHA on 15 April said.
