Important Acts and legislations in agriculture for GA and social science jrf

• Agricultural produce (grading and marking ) Act 1937 { in short called as AGMARK Act } 
• BIS Act 1986, it replaced ISI certification marks Act 1952 
•   The export ( quality control and inspection) Act 1963 
•  The fruit product order 1955 ( in short FPO)
• The meat food product order 1973 ( in short MFPO, it was issued under ECA 1955) 
• Essential commodities Act 1955 ( ECA) 
•  The milk and milk product order 1992 (MMPO) 
•  Consumer protection Act 1986 ( COPRA ) 
•  Warehousing corporation Act 1962 
• The prevention of food adulteration Act 1954 (PFA) 
•  The standards of weights and measures ( packaged goods ) Act 1976 
•  The standards of weights and measures Act 1958 
•  The forward market contract ( regulation ) Act 1952 
•  The NCDC Act 1962 
•  The FCI Act 1964 
•  The CCI Act 1970 
•  The JCI Act 1971 
•  State trading corporation Act 1956 
•  The NDDB Act 1965 
• The tobacco board act 1975 
•  The NHB Act 1984 
•  The Spice board Act 1986 
•  Indian seeds Act 1966 and rules 1968 
•  Insecticide Act 1968 and rules 1971 
•  Fertilizer (control ) order 1957 and amendment 1985 { FCO } 
•  Fertilizer ( movement control ) order 1973 , recently amended in 2001 
•  Seed control order 1983 
•  Seed bill 2004 
•  Vegetable oil products ( standards of quality ) order 1975 
•  Solvent extracted oil, deoiled meal and edible flour ( control ) order 1967 
•  PPVFRA 2003 ( protection of plant varities and farmer’s rights Act ),it covers 15crops 
•  Plant quarantine ( regulation of import into India ) order 2003, it replaced DIPAct 1914 ( destructive insect pest Act ) 
•  Food safety and standards Act 2006 
•  National seed policy 2002 
•  Patent amendment Act 2005 rules 2006 ( earlier Act was patent Act 1970 ) 
•  Land acquisition Act 1894 , amendment 1984 

normal;"> Land acquisition (amendment ) bill 2007 

 Environment protection Act 1986 

 Competition Act 2002 ,amendment 2007 , it replaced MRTP Act 1969 (monopolies and restrictive trade practices ) 

 National biodiversity Act 2002 

 Foreign exchange management Act 1999 ( FEMA ) , it replaced FERA(foreign exchange regulation Act ) 

 National environment policy 2006 

 The air (prevention and control of pollution ) Act 1981 

 The water ( prevention and control of pollution ) Act 1974 

 Marine fishing policy 2004 

 National policy for farmers 2007 

 The cold storage order 1964 amended in 1980 and rescinded by cold storageorder 1997 

 The agricultural produce development and warehousing corporation Act 1956 

 Multi state cooperative societies Act 2002, it provides more autonomy to cooperatives 

 NCDC (amendment) Act 2002