AGRICULTURE EXEMPTED FROM LOCKDOWN

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