Which Indian state was the first to enact a law on contract farming?

CONCEPT

For General Awareness questions on laws and reforms, identify the jurisdiction that first enacted the relevant legislation and verify it against official or near-official records. A state law is best confirmed from its gazette or Act record, while first-state status should be cross-checked from a government policy note or reliable current-affairs source.

APPLICATION

Tamil Nadu Government Gazette published the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Produce and Livestock Contract Farming and Services (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2019 as Act No. 37 of 2019 after Presidential assent on 25 September 2019.

The agriculture policy note of Tamil Nadu states that by enacting this 2019 contract-farming law, Tamil Nadu became the first state to introduce such an Act.

CONTRAST

• Karnataka is connected with agricultural market reforms, but it is not the state identified with the first dedicated contract-farming Act in these records.

• Kerala does not match the 2019 state Act cited for this current-affairs fact.

• Maharashtra has had agricultural marketing and contract-farming discussions, but not this first-state enactment record.

Result: Tamil Nadu is the verified state.