Gramin Agricultural Markets ( GrAMs) Directorate Of Marketing & Inspection

Rural Haats Existing in the Country Called by varied names like “Gramin Haats, 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 Under local Bodies including Councils- 11811 Under Marketing Board/APMCs- 1274 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 Madhya Pradesh 2550 Madhya Pradesh 2550 Andaman & Nicobar 23 Maharashtra 3500 Arunachal Pradesh 256 Manipur 119 Assam 1319 Meghalya 124 Bihar 1794 Mizoram 220 Chandigarh Nagaland 174 Chhattisgarh 1132 Nct of Delhi Dadra Nagar Haveli Odisha 1548 Daman & Diu Puducherry Goa Punjab Gujarat Rajasthan Haryana Sikkim Himachal Pradesh Tamil Nadu 501 Jammu & Kashmir 8 Telangana 261 Jharkhand 602 Tripura 554 Karnataka 730 Uttar Pradesh 3464 Kerala 1106 Uttarakhand 56 Lakshdweep West Bengal 2900 261 602 3464 2550 56 3500 1132 1548 8 256 174 1319 1794 124 119 554 2900 220 730 501 1106

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

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

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

Survey of Rural Haats 9477 Rural Haats surveyed 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 ascertain- exact location; status of infrastructure; commodities traded; and marketing operations, etc. 9477 Rural Haats surveyed

Gramin Haats- An Overview of 9477 haats

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 Raised platform with/without shed only vi Godown 4 vii Weighing scale 12 viii Notice Board 13

Basic Infrastructure to be provided by MoRD 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 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 GrAMs Survey of 9477 rural haats carried out MoRD 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 DAC & FW verified so far 1878 haats, which are free from APMC regulations and replied to MoRD After further scrutiny by DAC&FW, it is found that most of haats from list of 5002 Haats are proposals for entirely new haats While, as per announcement in budget 2018-19, only existing haats are to be developed and upgraded DAC&FW has requested MoRD 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 GrAMs 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 GrAMs in consultation with MoRD

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 MoRD Prepare and approve estimates with proper design layout for these Haats for development under MGNREGS for required infrastructures based on gap 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 GrAMs from APMC Regulations Step-4 Utilize AMIF and other Schemes to develop marketing infrastructure Step-5 To plan for linking GrAMs to Habitations

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

Questionnaire for Survey of Rural Haats (Gramin Haats) Sl.No. Particulars Response A. General Information 1. Name and Location of the Rural Periodical Markets (RPM)   2. 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) 5. Periodicity (Daily/ weekly/ biweekly/ tri-weekly/ fortnightly, any other, please specify) 6. No. of Person(s) employed, please specify nature of his/ her/ their work 7. Linkages (Road/ Rail) 8. Market is linking to AGMARKNET node (Yes/No) B. Sale transaction 9. Types of Markets (Wholesale / Retail / Both) 10. Commodity marketed (Agricultural / Horticultural/ Livestock and its product/other than agricultural and horticultural commodities like garments and other such household items. C. Market Charges 11. Rate of Market Fees/ User Charges/ Sitting Charges/ Commission agent charges if any / any other, please specify 12. Weighing Charges 13. Brokerage 14. Any other charges, please specific with name and rate D. Marketing and allied Infrastructure 15. Boundary Wall/ Fencing/ Open 16. Shed/ Platform/ Both/ Nothing 17. If yes at point 15 above, whether adequate or not 18. Internal Road (Kuccha/ Pakka)

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