Gujarat working on single licence for trading of farm produce across APMCs

Another proposal is to levy a small cess on trades outside APMC or market yard but within the state. The cess may be a quarter of that currently levied when trades are done inside APMC

After permitting farmers to sell their produce outside Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) yards weeks before the central government issued an ordinance to this effect, the Gujarat government has decided to issue unified licences to traders allowing them to trade commodities at any APMC in the state.

At present, traders need to procure separate licences from every APMC to conduct business there. No licence is needed to trade outside APMCs. 

Once the change is implemented, possibly through a new Act sources said, traders will get one licence that will allow them trade at all APMCs in the state. The state government is