Gramin Agricultural Markets Gr AMs Rural Haats Existing

Gramin Agricultural Markets ( Gr. AMs)

Rural Haats Existing in the Country • Called by varied names like “Gramin Haats, shandies, painths and fairs etc. ” • Owned by Local Bodies (Panchayats/councils), Agricultural/ Horticultural Departments of State Governments, Cooperatives, Marketing Boards/APMCs and Private Sector • As per information provided by State Agricultural Marketing Boards/State Governments , there are 22941 Rural Haats ü Under local Bodies including Councils- 11811 ü Under Marketing Board/APMCs- 1274 ü Under Private sector (Trust, individuals, etc. )- 9856 • However, State Marketing Boards provided only numbers without other information like location, etc on village haats under local bodies and under private sector

22941 Rural Haats State Rural Haats Andhra Pradesh 0 8 0 0 56 0 256 3464 0 1794 0 2550 602 1132 1548 3500 261 730 0 1106 501 2900 174 1319 124 119 554 220 Andaman & Nicobar Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Dadra Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Lakshdweep 23 256 State Rural Haats Madhya 2550 Pradesh Maharashtra 3500 Manipur 119 1319 1794 0 1132 0 Meghalya Mizoram Nagaland Nct of Delhi Odisha 124 220 174 0 1548 0 0 0 8 602 730 1106 0 Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal 0 0 501 261 554 3464 56 2900

State – wise list of Rural Haats as per State Govt. / Mandi Board Total No. of Rural Haats Sl. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 State / UT Andhra Pradesh Andman & Nicobar Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Dadra Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Lakshdweep Under APMC/RMC 0 0 66 405 325 Nil Nil Nil Under local bodies 0 23 175 908 Nil 1132 Nil NR NR Nil 8 602 730 6 Nil Under private Sector 0 0 15 6 1469 Nil - Nil 1100 Nil Total 0 23 256 1319 1794 0 1132 0 0 0 8 602 730 1106 0

State – wise list of Rural Haats as per State Govt. / Mandi Board Contd. . . Total No. of Rural Haats Sl. No. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 State / UT Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalya Mizoram Nagaland Nct of Delhi Odisha Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal Total Under APMC/RMC Under local bodies Nil 35 24 - Nil 398 Nil Nil Nil 21 NIl 1274 Nil 95 89 196 Nil 132 Nil Nil 501 261 533 3464 56 2900 11811 Under private Sector 2550 3500 24 174 Nil 1018 Nil Nil Nil - 9856 Total 2550 3500 119 124 220 174 0 1548 0 Nil 0 0 501 261 554 3464 56 2900 22941

Budget 2018 -19 Announcement • Develop and upgrade existing 22, 000 rural haats into Gramin Agricultural Markets (Gr. AMs) • Physical infrastructure to be strengthened using MGNREGS and other Government Schemes • PMGSY(Phase-III) to be used for strengthening road linkages from habitations to Gr. AMs • Setting up of Agri–Market Infrastructure Fund with a corpus of Rs. 2000 croreü Develop and upgrade agricultural marketing infrastructure in 22, 000 Gr. AMs ü Strengthening 585 APMC markets • Gr. AMs to be linked to e-NAM • Gr. AMs to be outside the APMC Act regulation

Survey of Rural Haats • No information was available on location of these haats, status of infrastructure, status of management, user charges, etc. • DAC&FW through its attached office of DMI undertaking questionnaire based survey to ascertainü exact location; ü status of infrastructure; ü commodities traded; and ü marketing operations, etc. • 9477 Rural Haats surveyed

Gramin Haats- An Overview of 9477 haats Both wholesale & Retail 24% Types of Markets Wholesale 4% Retail 72% Private, Cooperative, Agri. / Mktg. Deptt. /Board etc 30% Local Bodies 70% Livestock Commodities marketed Periodicity & Fish Market 4% Others 20% Daily 11% Ownership Weekly 69% Agri. / Horticulture including Livestock 58% Agriculture Commodities 38%

Status Infrastructure of Existing Rural Haats S. No. Infrastructure / facility Scenario- Existed in % of haats A. Basic/Supporting Infrastructure i. Pucca Internal Road 15 ii. Toilet facility 3 iii. Electricity 26 iv. Boundary Wall/Fence 10 v. Parking 31 B. Marketing Infrastructure v. Raised platform with/without shed only vi Godown 4 vii Weighing scale 12 viii Notice Board 13 15

Basic Infrastructure to be provided by Mo. RD Provision for basic facilities/infrastructure exist under MGNREGS for village haat Open raised, covered platform Toilets (separate for women & men) Drains Brick soiling in the moving space Garbage pits at corner Office block Storage (small size) Drinking water facility for cattle Boundary wall/fencing with two gates Parking space Road Connectivity – PMGSY (Phase-III)

Status of Development and Up-gradation Rural Haats into Gr. AMs • Survey of 9477 rural haats carried out • Mo. RD received proposal of 5002 Rural Haats from States to develop (24 States) and requested DAC&FW if these Haats are free from State APMC Regulations ü DAC & FW verified so far 1878 haats, which are free from APMC regulations and replied to Mo. RD ü After further scrutiny by DAC&FW, it is found that most of haats from list of 5002 Haats are proposals for entirely new haats üWhile, as per announcement in budget 2018 -19, only existing haats are to be developed and upgraded • DAC&FW has requested Mo. RD to also undertake development of at least one functional village haat in each Aspirational District this year on priority basis • States have been requested by DAC&FW to exempt all Gr. AMs from State APMC regulation • Proposal for creation of Agri-Market Infrastructure Fund (AMIF) with a corpus of Rs. 2, 000 crore is being worked out (EFC Stage) • DAC&FW is finalizing “Operational Guidelines” for marketing operation and management of Gr. AMs in consultation with Mo. RD

Immediate Action Required from States • Step-1 • States to identify the existing Rural Haats free from APMC Regulations at the earliest • Consult the consolidated list of haats to Mo. RD • Prepare and approve estimates with proper design layout for these Haats for development under MGNREGS for required infrastructures based on gap ü preference to be given to functional haats situated in aspirational districts and also in tribal areas • Step-2 Start the developmental work and monitor its progress at State and local level • Step-3 State to exempt Gr. AMs from APMC Regulations • Step-4 Utilize AMIF and other Schemes to develop marketing infrastructure • Step-5 To plan for linking Gr. AMs to Habitations

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State-wise Rural Haats Surveyed State Andhra Pradesh A & Nicobar Arunachal Assam Bihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh DNH Daman & Diu Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal J& K Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Lakshdweep No. of Rural Haats Surveyed 0 676 23 0 256 31 1319 118 1794 136 0 0 1132 1152 0 0 0 100 0 0 8 0 602 341 730 681 1106 186 0 0 State Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalya Mizoram Nagaland Nct of Delhi Odisha Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal No. of Rural Haats Surveyed 2550 97 3500 842 119 16 124 86 220 121 174 0 0 0 1548 1025 0 0 Nil 0 0 34 0 40 501 1391 261 351 554 32 3464 1660 56 112 2900 249

Questionnaire for Survey of Rural Haats (Gramin Haats) Sl. No. Particulars A. General Information Response 1. 2. Name and Location of the Rural Periodical Markets (RPM) Ownership of RPM (APMC or RMC/ Marketing Board/ State Marketing Department/ Agriculture Department/ Horticulture Deptt. / Revenue & Land Record Department/ Private and Local Bodies (municipal corporation, municipal council, panchayat, district/ taluka/ village council) 3. Name of the organisation operating the RPM. If on rent/ lease, please specify the rate/ amount/ sharing. 4. Regulated/ Unregulated If Regulated, please specify under which Regulation (Acts/ Rules/ Bye-laws, any other) Periodicity (Daily/ weekly/ biweekly/ tri-weekly/ fortnightly, any other, please specify) No. of Person(s) employed, please specify nature of his/ her/ their work Linkages (Road/ Rail) Market is linking to AGMARKNET node (Yes/No) 5. 6. 7. 8. B. 9. 10. C. 11. 12. 13. 14. D. 15. 16. Sale transaction Types of Markets (Wholesale / Retail / Both) Commodity marketed (Agricultural / Horticultural/ Livestock and its product/other than agricultural and horticultural commodities like garments and other such household items. Market Charges Rate of Market Fees/ User Charges/ Sitting Charges/ Commission agent charges if any / any other, please specify Weighing Charges Brokerage Any other charges, please specific with name and rate Marketing and allied Infrastructure Boundary Wall/ Fencing/ Open Shed/ Platform/ Both/ Nothing

Questionnaire for Survey of Rural Haats (Gramin Haats) 19. 20. 21. 22. E. Godown with tonnage, if any Weighbridge/ Weighing scale/ Both/ Nil Cleaning/ Grading Any other Infrastructure, please specify 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. F. Office (Y/N) Contact No. Notice Board (Y/N) Drinking Water (Y/N) Electricity (Y/N) Urinal/ Toilet (Y/N) Parking (Y/N) Input Sundry Shop (Y/N) Garbage Disposal System (Y/N) Hygienic/ Unhygienic Bank/ Post Office (Y/N) Any other Facility/ Services, please specify 35. 36. 37 38 Basic Facilities/ Amenities Financial Position Annual Income Annual Expenditure, please specify the heads of expenditure Latitude/Longitude Distance from nearest APMC market B A C K