The Government of Goa on February 18, 2026, issued the Goa Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion and Facilitation) (Amendment) Act, 2026 to further amend the Goa Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2007.
The following amendments have been stated:
• In Section 2 of the Goa Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2007, for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—
“(b) “agriculturist” means a person who ordinarily by his own labour or by the labour of any member of his family or by the labour of his tenants or servants or hired labour or otherwise, is engaged in the production or growth of any notified agricultural produce. The agriculturist shall possess valid Krishi Card issued by Directorate of Agriculture under Code No. 1 (one) or 2 (two) or 4 (four) and shall possess minimum area of 1000 sq.mtrs. and should have sold his notified agricultural produce of the value not less than Rs. 15000/- in the preceding financial year or of such amount as may be determined by the State Marketing Officer from time to time to any dealer registered with the Department of Agriculture or the Goa Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing Board but does not include a trader, trading agent, broker, processor or commission agent,”.
• In Section 16 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the expression “Assistant Registrar”, the expression “Director of Agriculture/State Marketing Officer” shall be substituted.
• In Section 26 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the expression “a majority of not less than two third of its total number of members” the expression “simple majority of its total number of members” shall be substituted.
• In Section 76 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), for the words “Assistant Registrar of Co-operative Societies”, the words “Assistant Director of Agriculture” shall be substituted.
It shall come into force at once.
[Notification No. 7/2/2026-LA/32]
