anand agriculture produce market committee samrakha (1)
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Prepared by:Mayank GaurRahul AgrawalRajeev AggarwalTahira SheikhRitu Kashyap
Anand Agriculture
Produce MarketCommitteeSamrakha
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Established on 15th September, 1948 under APMC Act. A regulated market with effect from its inception.
Caters to around 1,50,000 population and serves as many as 48 v
Number of commodities notified till date under the regulation ar
Daily dispatch of 1211.8 MT to outside market. However during
it goes up to 1500 MT per day.
Introduction
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Gujarat Agriculture Produce Market Act 1963 To ensure reasonable gain to the farmers by creating environmen
markets for fair play of supply and demand forces
To regulate market practices and attain transparency in transacti
Aimed at providing proper method of sale, correct weighing, pro
payment, and various marketing related services
The APMC Act
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Measures for prevention of purchases and sales below the minimprices as fixed by the government
Ensuring payment for agricultural produce sold by farmers on th
Collect, maintain, disseminate and supply information in respectproduction, sale, storage, processing, prices and movement of noagricultural produce
Provide for settling of disputes arising out of any kind of transacconnected with the marketing of agricultural produce
Functions of APMC
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Farmer TraderWholeSeller
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APMC Supply ChainCash Basis
Credit Basis (7-8 days)
Credit Basis (3-4
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APMC A civil Society/Beneficiary o
It would act as the REPORTING TOOL which wouldin gauging the desired outcome- Proper market and
It is a policy tool that can guide evidence-based planaction to address issues identified as important by thtraders and wholesaler
If the stakeholders are informed, it would help in bustrengthening democracy
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Facilitating a supply chain with a large number of intermediariesreducing the profitability of agriculture
Reducing scope for competition due to the licensing regime adop
APMC laws are inadvertently promoting use of intermediaries permitting trade outside the market yards
Policy Lacunae
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Samrakha APMC Governanc
Board Structure
TheGoverning
Board
8 Farmer Reps
4 Whole sellerCommunity
2 TelibiyatMandaliMembers
1 Registrarand 1 Sub
Registrar(Auditor)
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Total 16 members in the Governing Board 8 Farmer members elected by the Sewa Sahakari Mandali
o 30 villages, 11 Members, 2 Panels
4 members from the Whole seller Community
Telibiyat Mandali offers loans to the farmers.
State Government representatives- Registrar and Sub Registrar walso permanent members of the board.
Samrakha APMC Governanc
Board Members
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Elections held every five years. Only the elected members are cha Meetings are held once in two months.
Employeeso 1 Head Inspector, 3 Clerks, 1 Peon.
Samrakha APMC Governanc
Board Workings and Employ
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Helpline for farmers Monitoring and controlling by the Head Inspector but regular m
and control mechanisms found to be missing
Passive control approach
Database of grievances not maintained
The clerk said that farmers dont face or report much of an issue.
Samrakha APMC Governanc
Grievance Redressal
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Farmer can call the APMC Helpline to know about the current pr Escalation point
Confidentiality of the whistle blower
Samrakha APMC Governanc
Information Disclosure
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License is mandatory for a trader License fee
Approximate time to obtain a license
Decision taken in the Board meeting
Deposit of Rs.225000 per shop
Profit making by transfer of ownership
License not required for the farmer
At present there are no vacant shops
Samrakha APMC Governanc
Licensing
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The shopkeepers in the APMC market who are agents negotiwith the retailers and large wholesalers who purchase from the m
Open auction takes place in the presence of the farmer, trawholesaler/retailer. The auction and the transaction are completnegotiated price is acceptable to the farmer.
Trader gets his commission @5% from the retailer/wholesaler.
Samrakha APMC Operatio
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The agent also charges a 1% commission from the wholesaler anddeposited as market fees.
More bargaining power lies with trader and an informal cartel haamong them
The factors that play an important role in determining the price obrought in the mandi- demand, supply and quality of the produ
The APMC market allows the farmer to sell his produce in bulk atime.
Samrakha APMC Operatio
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No formal mechanism of sorting or grading. If farmer is not satisfied with the price offered, he has the option
elsewhere or he is also provided space in the APMC market free sell on his own
Samrakha APMC Operatio
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Though there is provision for cold storage, APMC has not constrthey are not to willing to take responsibility to run the cold stora
There is no system of display of prices as it is felt that this mexcessive supply of commodities which they cant handle
The unloading charge(Hammali) has to be borne by the farmer evthe act it is stated that it has to borne by the trader
There is wastage of vegetables due to improper infrastructure. 3onions were wasted in 15 days due to fans not working properly
Computerized records are not maintained for transactions and p
Due to lack of standardized weighing machines, weighing error
Samrakha APMC - Issues
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APMC act in some ways restrict the choices for the farmer The licensing fees and other costs borne by the traders are partially pas
farmers Trader/commission agent plays a vital role and it is difficult to elimina
the supply chain APMC staff is responsive to farmers grievances and the farmer can dir
approach the APMC office for their issues Chances of corruption with contract farming being allowed under the n
contracts have to be registered with the Committee Absence of horizontal networks and dependency for farmers still preva
Reflections
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Role of the StateMaharashtra government has launched-GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUN
ACTION PLAN (GAAP)-Regular reporting to higher authority-Monitoring by Civil society / Beneficiary Organization-Complaint handling mechanismsFeedback from bidding firms-provide valuable insights into the behavior
implementing agencies during the procurement process. For this reasofrom rejected bidders, as also from reputed firms that chose not to bid fconstruction, or other contracts in the project would be invited.
The State should focus on getting the infrastructure and institutions in plaprovide competitive environment to enable farmers to exercise choice
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Thank You!