Lok Sabha Question No. 2419 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-06
Subject: APMC regulated Mandis
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri M Mallesh Babu

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2419

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 06 th  AUGUST, 2024

## APMC REGULATED MANDIS

## 2419.   SHRI M MALLESH BABU:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the total number of APMC regulated mandis at present in the country, 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 has taken necessary steps for expanding APMC premises and any funds allocated for Kolar APMC and if so, the details thereof and adequate number of APMC; and
- (d) the  measures taken/being taken by the Government to set up regulated mandis in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण राǛमंũी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

(a) : The  State-wise  total  number  of  Agricultural  Produce  Market  Committee  (APMC) regulated mandis across the country is at Annexure.

(b) & (c) :      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 sq. km. area against the norm of 80 sq. km. area (National Commission on Farmers' Report,  2006).  In  order  to  provide  better  farmer  -  market  linkages  and  fair  prices  to farmers, in addition to regulated markets, there are other markets also like non-regulated wholesale markets, farmer - consumer markets, purchase centres and private wholesale markets. In addition, Government is promoting to declare warehouses and cold storages as deemed market yards to improve the farmer - market linkages. Government of India had  launched  reform  linked  National  Agriculture  Market  (e-NAM)  scheme,  a  virtual platform  integrating  physical  wholesale  mandis/  markets  of  different  States/  Union Territories (UTs) to facilitate online trading of agriculture and horticulture commodities to enable farmers to realize better remunerative prices for their produce. All these contribute towards better marketing efficiency and also better prices to farmers.

(d): Agriculture marketing being a state subject, States after assessing the requirement based  on  production,  marketable  surplus  &  existence  of  traders  etc.  used  to  establish APMC  markets.  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.

## ANNEXURE

## State-wise number of Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) regulated mandis across the country

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          |   APMC regulated markets |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |                      318 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |                       19 |
| 3         | Assam             |                      226 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh      |                      187 |
| 5         | Goa               |                        8 |
| 6         | Gujarat           |                      405 |
| 7         | Haryana           |                      285 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh  |                       63 |
| 9         | Jharkhand         |                      201 |
| 10        | Karnataka         |                      564 |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh    |                      557 |
| 12        | Maharashtra       |                      929 |
| 13        | Meghalaya         |                        2 |
| 14        | Nagaland          |                       19 |
| 15        | Odisha            |                      535 |
| 16        | Punjab            |                      436 |
| 17        | Rajasthan         |                      484 |
| 18        | Tamil Nadu        |                      288 |
| 19        | Telangana         |                      282 |
| 20        | Tripura           |                       21 |
| 21        | Uttar Pradesh     |                      633 |
| 22        | Uttarakhand       |                       62 |
| 23        | West Bengal       |                      537 |
| 24        | Delhi             |                       15 |
| 25        | Chandigarh        |                        1 |
| 26        | Puducherry        |                        8 |
|           | Total             |                     7085 |

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