Lok Sabha Question No. 588 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
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 AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 588

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 06 TH  FEBRUARY, 2024

## APMC REGULATED MANDIS

588. SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

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

(a)  the details of total number of Agricultural Produce Market Committee 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;

(c)  whether the Government is taking any measures to set up adequate number of APMC regulated mandis in the country; and

- (d)  if so, the details thereof and the response of the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी (SHRI ARJUN MUNDA)

(a): The  State-wise  list  of  Agricultural  Produce  Market  Committee  (APMC)  regulated mandis in the country is at Annexure-I.

(b) to (d) : Agricultural  Marketing  is  a  State  subject  and  Agricultural  Produce  Market Committees (APMCs) are regulated under respective  State  Agricultural  Produce  Market Committee Act of the State. At present, one regulated APMC mandi serves approximately 406  sqkm  area  against  the  norm  of  80  sqkm  area  (National  Commission  on  Farmers' Report,  2006).    The  State-wise  list  of  APMC  Regulated  Mandis  are  at Annexure-I .  The State-wise list of area served by per market is at Annexure- II .

Government has been always supporting the idea of strengthening of Agricultural Produce  Market  Committees  (APMCs)  and  making  them  more  competitive  through improving  services  and  infrastructure.  Government  has  been  assisting  APMCs  for infrastructure and value chain development through various schemes like Rashtriya Krishi Vikas  Yojna  -  RAFTAAR,  Agriculture  Market  Infrastructure  (AMI),  National  Agriculture Market (e-NAM) and Agri. Infrastructure Fund (AIF) etc.

Further, to  fill  up  the  market gap, Government of India  through  reforms has been promoting establishment of private markets, direct wholesale purchases from farmers from farm-gate / villages outside the APMC market yards.  Further, Government also promots declaration  of warehouses / silos /  cold storages /  other places as market sub-yards for trade and delivery of the farmers' produce.

In  order  to  promote  healthy  competition  &  uniformity  across  the  States/  UTs, Government has developed a reform indexing table, which has been shared with States/ UTs.

## Annexure-I

## State-wise list of APMC Regulated Mandis as on 31.03.2023

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   |   Principal Market Yards (PMYs) |   Sub-Market Yards (SMYs) |   Total No. of regulated Markets (3+4) |
|-----------|---------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1         | 2                   |                               3 |                         4 |                                      5 |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      |                             193 |                       125 |                                    318 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   |                              19 |                         0 |                                     19 |
| 3         | Assam               |                              20 |                       206 |                                    226 |
| 4         | Chandigarh          |                               1 |                         0 |                                      1 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh        |                              69 |                       118 |                                    187 |
| 6         | Goa                 |                               1 |                         7 |                                      8 |
| 7         | Gujarat             |                             213 |                       192 |                                    405 |
| 8         | Haryana             |                             114 |                       171 |                                    285 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh    |                              10 |                        53 |                                     63 |
| 10        | Jharkhand           |                              28 |                       173 |                                    201 |
| 11        | Karnataka           |                             167 |                       397 |                                    564 |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh      |                             259 |                       298 |                                    557 |
| 13        | Maharashtra         |                             306 |                       623 |                                    929 |
| 14        | Meghalaya           |                               2 |                         0 |                                      2 |
| 15        | Nagaland            |                              19 |                         0 |                                     19 |
| 16        | New Delhi           |                               7 |                         8 |                                     15 |
| 17        | Odisha              |                              54 |                       481 |                                    535 |
| 18        | Puducherry          |                               3 |                         5 |                                      8 |
| 19        | Punjab              |                             152 |                       284 |                                    436 |
| 20        | Rajasthan           |                             165 |                       319 |                                    484 |
| 21        | Tamil Nadu          |                             284 |                         4 |                                    288 |
| 22        | Telangana           |                             195 |                        87 |                                    282 |
| 23        | Tripura             |                              21 |                         0 |                                     21 |
| 24        | Uttar Pradesh       |                             251 |                       382 |                                    633 |
| 25        | Uttrakhand          |                              24 |                        38 |                                     62 |
| 26        | West Bengal         |                              22 |                       515 |                                    537 |
| Total     | Total               |                            2599 |                      4486 |                                   7085 |

Annexure-II State-wise list of area served by one regulated market

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   |   Total No. of regulated Markets (PMYs + SMYs) |   Geographical Area in Sq. Km | Area Served by one regulated market in Sq.Km   |
|-----------|---------------------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | 2                   |                                              3 |                             4 | (4/3)                                          |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      |                                            318 |                        162968 | 512                                            |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   |                                             19 |                         83743 | 4408                                           |
| 3         | Assam               |                                            226 |                         78438 | 347                                            |
| 4         | Chandigarh          |                                              1 |                           114 | 114                                            |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh        |                                            187 |                        135191 | 723                                            |
| 6         | Goa                 |                                              8 |                          3702 | 463                                            |
| 7         | Gujarat             |                                            405 |                        196024 | 484                                            |
| 8         | Haryana             |                                            285 |                         44212 | 155                                            |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh    |                                             63 |                         55673 | 884                                            |
| 10        | Jharkhand           |                                            201 |                         79714 | 397                                            |
| 11        | Karnataka           |                                            564 |                        191791 | 340                                            |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh      |                                            557 |                        308350 | 554                                            |
| 13        | Maharashtra         |                                            929 |                        307713 | 331                                            |
| 14        | Meghalaya           |                                              2 |                         22429 | 11215                                          |
| 15        | Nagaland            |                                             19 |                         16579 | 873                                            |
| 16        | New Delhi           |                                             15 |                          1484 | 99                                             |
| 17        | Odisha              |                                            535 |                        155707 | 291                                            |
| 18        | Puducherry          |                                              8 |                           562 | 70                                             |
| 19        | Punjab              |                                            436 |                         50362 | 116                                            |
| 20        | Rajasthan           |                                            484 |                        342239 | 707                                            |
| 21        | Tamil Nadu          |                                            288 |                        130058 | 452                                            |
| 22        | Telangana           |                                            282 |                        112077 | 397                                            |
| 23        | Tripura             |                                             21 |                         10486 | 499                                            |
| 24        | Uttar Pradesh       |                                            633 |                        243290 | 384                                            |
| 25        | Uttrakhand          |                                             62 |                         53483 | 863                                            |
| 26        | West Bengal         |                                            537 |                         88752 | 165                                            |
|           | Total               |                                           7085 |                       2875141 | 406                                            |

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