Lok Sabha Question No. 1730 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-06
Subject: APMC Regulated Mandis
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: NALIN KUMAR KATEEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1730

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 6 TH  March, 2018

## APMC REGULATED MANDIS

1730.  SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

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  Agricultural  Produce  Market  Committee  (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,  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 Markets (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  YojanaRemunerative  Approaches  for  Agriculture  and  Allied  Sector  Rejuvenation  (RKVY-RAFTAAR) and Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) sub scheme  of Integrated Scheme  for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM) of Government of India.

Annexure

| 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        | Lakshdweep                | 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                                      |
|           | Total                     | 6639                                     |