HIGH POWERED COMMITTEE OF CMs FOR ‘TRANSFORMATION OF INDIAN AGRICULTURE’

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• Convenor: Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis is the Convenor of the committee.
  
  
• Members: CMs of Karnataka, Haryana, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, UP, MP & Union Minister of Agriculture, RD & Panchayati Raj to be the Members. 
  
  
• Member Secretary: Member , NITI Aayog Ramesh Chand to be the Member Secretary
  
  
• The Committee will be serviced by NITI Aayog.
  
  
• Timeline: The committee will submit its report within two months of the date of notification of the Committee.
  
  
• The terms of Reference (ToR) of the Committee:
  • To discuss measures for transformation of agriculture and raising farmers’ income.
    
    
  • To suggest modalities for adoption and time bound implementation of agriculture sector reforms by States/UTs.
    
    
  • To suggest changes in the Essential Commodity Act (ECA), 1955 to attract private investments in agricultural marketing and infrastructure.
    
    
  • To suggest mechanism for linking of market reforms with e-NAM, GRAM and other relevant Centrally Sponsored Schemes.