The Departmental of Agril. Marketing was established with an objective to
regulate, control and supervise the marketing network of sale, purchase,
storage of Agril. Produce, notified in Schedule - II
of Telangana (Agril.
Produce and Live stock) Markets Act, 1966.
At present the state serviced by
Network of 180 Market Committees in the state. Apart from the Principle Market
Yards, there are 95 Sub Yards and these AMCs are classified in terms of Market
Fee Collected.
Selection
Grade Secretary - 16
Special
Grade Secretary - 29
Grade
- I - 24
Grade
II - 33
Grade
III - 17
Asst.
Secretary - 61
Objective:-
The
Telangana State Agriculture Produce is being regulated
under the Telangana State (Agricultural produce and
Live stock) Markets Act, 1966 - the preamble of the Act is an act to
consolidate and amend the law relating to the regulation of purchase and sale
of Agricultural produce, Live stock and products of the live stock and the
establishment of Markets in connection therewith.
The
Main (Primary) objective of the department and AMCs are to establish modern
Markets for efficient Marketing of agricultural products by providing modern
facilities in the markets and to enforce the Act, Rules, Bye-laws framed there
under.
whereas
Market committees are to enforce the provisions of the Act and Rules and
Bye-Laws made there under in the notified area and when so required by the Department (or) Government
to establish a Market therein providing such facilities in connection with the
purchase, sale, weight, storage and processing of Agril.
Produce concerned. The Market Committees are service rendering bodies and their
main source of Income is Market Fee. The existing rate of Market Fee on
purchase (or) sale Transactions of all notified Agril.
Produce specified in the Schedule I is 1% of the valuation . Paddy and Cotton has recently been changed to
1% to 1.5%. Fee levied on the purchase or sale of the same.