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•  The cold storage order 1964 amended in 1980 and rescinded by cold storageorder 1997 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