About:
- The decision has been taken with a view to address problems being faced by the farming community in the harvesting of their crops and transporting foodgrains to the mandis.
- This will also ensure uninterrupted harvesting of crops.
Under the 2nd Addendum issued by the Union Home Ministry the following categories have been exempted from the lockdown:
- Agencies engaged in procurement of agriculture products, including MSP operations;
- ‘Mandis’ operated by the Agriculture Produce Market Committee or as notified by the State Government;
- Farming operations by farmers and farm workers in the field;
- ‘Custom Hiring Centres (CHC)’ related to farm machinery;
- Manufacturing and packaging units of fertilisers, pesticides and seed; &
- Intra and Inter-State movement of harvesting and sowing related machines like combined harvester and other agriculture/horticulture implements
