1. Gramin Agricultural Markets ( GrAMs)
Directorate Of Marketing & Inspection

2. 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 Rural Haats
Under local Bodies including Councils
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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Budget 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 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

7. 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

8. Gramin Haats- An Overview of 9477 haats

9. 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

10. 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)

11. 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 , 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

12. 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

13. THANK YOU

14. 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

15. 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)

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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
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