Lok Sabha Question No. 5102 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-27
Subject: APMC Regulated Mandis
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5102

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 27 TH  MARCH, 2018

## APMC REGULATED MANDIS

5102.   SHRI D.K. SURESH:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  total  number  of  APMC  regulated  mandis  in  the  country  at  present, State wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  there  is  a  need  to  establish  more  number  of markets to prevent distress sales and ensure income security for farmers and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the various measures taken/being taken by the Government to set up adequate number of APMC regulated mandis in the country

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a): The total number Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs) regulated mandis in the country is 6639. State wise details of the number of APMC regulated Mandis in the country is  annexed.

(b) & (c): Yes, Madam.  As Agriculture Marketing is a State subject under Constitution of India, establishment of markets  falls  under the purview of State  Governments.    The Government  of  India  has  circulated  a  new  model  'The  Agricultural  Produce  and  Livestock Marketing  (Promotion  &  Facilitation)  Act,  2017'  on  24th  April,  2017  for  its  adoption  by States/UTs, which provides for alternative marketing channels, direct marketing, setting up of private markets, farmer-consumer markets, special commodity markets, declaring warehouses /silos/ cold storages as market sub yards to promote agriculture marketing including ensuring against distress sale by farmers.

Further, in the Union Budget Announcement 2018-19, the Government has decided to develop and upgrade existing 22,000 rural haats in the country to Gramin Agriculture Markets (GrAMs), link them with National Agriculture market (e-NAM) and exempt from regulations of APMCs.

APMCs including that of new ones in the States have availed assistance for development of  mandis  infrastructure  under  various  schemes  of  Government  of  India  such  as  Mission  for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH),  Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana-Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied Sector Rejuvenation (RKVY-RAFTAAR) and Agricultural Marketing  Infrastructure  (AMI)  sub  scheme  of  Integrated  Scheme  for  Agricultural  Marketing (ISAM).

## Annexure

## State wise number of APMCs Regulated Mandis

|   Sl. No. | Name of the State/UT      | Total number of APMCs Regulated Mandis   |
|-----------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh            | 191                                      |
|         2 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | No APMC Act                              |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh         | 13                                       |
|         4 | Assam                     | 226                                      |
|         5 | Bihar                     | APMC Act Repealed                        |
|         6 | Chandigarh                | 1                                        |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh              | 187                                      |
|         8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | No APMC Act                              |
|         9 | Daman & Diu               | No APMC Act                              |
|        10 | Goa                       | 8                                        |
|        11 | Gujarat                   | 400                                      |
|        12 | Haryana                   | 281                                      |
|        13 | Himachal Pradesh          | 56                                       |
|        14 | Jammu & Kashmir           | 25                                       |
|        15 | Jharkhand                 | 201                                      |
|        16 | Karnataka                 | 513                                      |
|        17 | Kerala                    | No APMC Act                              |
|        18 | Lakshadweep               | No APMC Act                              |
|        19 | Madhya Pradesh            | 545                                      |
|        20 | Maharashtra               | 902                                      |
|        21 | Manipur                   | APMC Act not implemented                 |
|        22 | Meghalaya                 | 2                                        |
|        23 | Mizoram                   | APMC Act not implemented                 |
|        24 | Nagaland                  | 19                                       |
|        25 | NCT of Delhi              | 16                                       |
|        26 | Odisha                    | 436                                      |
|        27 | Puducherry                | 8                                        |
|        28 | Punjab                    | 435                                      |
|        29 | Rajasthan                 | 454                                      |
|        30 | Sikkim                    | APMC Act not implemented                 |
|        31 | Tamil Nadu                | 283                                      |
|        32 | Telangana                 | 260                                      |
|        33 | Tripura                   | 21                                       |
|        34 | Uttar Pradesh             | 623                                      |
|        35 | Uttarakhand               | 58                                       |
|        36 | West Bengal               | 475                                      |

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