AGRICULTURAL

marketing
MANAGEMENT
ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE AND
MANAGEMENT OF APMC

Reference Year –

1. INFORMATION OF MARKET:

1. Name of the market

committee
2. Address (place)
3. Year of establishment
4. Act under which the
APMC established
5. Daily working hours From: To:

2) MARKET AREA:

Sr. No. Tahsil No. of villages

1.
2.
3
4.
3) MARKET YARD:

A) MAIN MARKET YARD:

a) Area of market yard acres

b) Is this area sufficient?
c) If not, is there any plan for expansion?
d) If yes, how much new area is proposed acres
to be acquired?
e) Is the location of market yard is
convenient to farmer producers?

B) SUB-YARD:

a) Whether there are sub-yards?

b) Name of sub-yards 1)
2)
3)
c) Area of these sub-yards sufficient?
d) If no, then there any plan for
establishment of new sub-yards?
e) If yes, how many sub-yards will be
established?
f) Is the location of sub-yard is
convenient to farmers?

4) NOTIFIED COMMODITIES:
The notified commodities are listed below:

Sr. No. Name of notified commodities

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

5) COMPOSITION OF MARKET COMMITTEE

Sr. No. Category Number

1. Farmers
2. Traders
3. Others
a)
b)
c)
d)
6) INFORMATION OF CHAIRMAN AND VICE- CHAIRMAN:

A) PRESENT CHAIRMAN:

a) Name
b) Occupation
c) Age
d) Education
d) Since when he is
chairman?

B) PRESENT VICE – CHAIRMAN:

a) Name
b) Occupation
c) Age
d) Education
d) Since when he is
vice-chairman?

7) SUB- COMMITTEE:

There are _______ sub- committees are there.

Sr. No. Name of sub- committee Number of
members
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

8) SECRETARY OF THE MARKET COMMITTEE:

a) Name
b) Age
c) Education
d) Qualification required for
the secretary?
d) Present secretary fulfills
these requirements?
e) Special training if any

9) OTHER STAFF:
Sr. Category Number
No.
A) a) Supervisor
b) Clerk
c) Grader
d) Peon
e) Other
B) Are there trained graders?
C) Whether these staff is adequate?
D) If no, then what category of is
inadequate?
a) Supervisory
b) Weighment
c) Office work
d) Others

10) MARKET FUNCTIONARIES:

Sr. Category Number
No.
1. Traders
‘A’ class
‘B’ class
‘C’ class
2. Commission agent
3. Brokers
4. Weighment
5. Hamals
6. Other
7. Processing traders
‘A’ class
‘B’ class
Total

11) THERE ARE FOLLOWING AMENITIES ARE PROVIDED

BY THE MARKET COMMITTEE:

1. Regular supply of drinking water

2. Farmers rest house
3. Management of parking cart
4. Electricity in parking cart
5. Canteen
6. Bank
7. Post office
8. Godawn for storage
9. Auction hall / auction platform
10. Grading hall
11. Internal roads in the market yard
12. Adequate office accommodation
13. Cattle shed

* What are the difficulties in providing all or remaining

amenities?

12) METHOD OF SALE:

1. Method of sale followed
2. Traders judge the quality by
3. Do you think there is a real
competition among traders always?
4. Do traders form ring sometimes?
5. If yes, what is the frequency of such
instances?
6. Are all farmers satisfied with price
fixed in the market?
7. If yes, then proportion in percent is?

13) DISPUTES

A) Are the disputes between producer (saler) and

trader (buyer) common?

Yes or no

B) NO. OF DISPUTES WERE RECORDE LAST YEAR?

________________
Sr.No. Nature of disputes Number
1. Fixing price
2. Correct weighment
3. Correct and prompt payment
4. Quality of produce
5. other
Total

C) IN ORAL TYPE OF DISPUTES FOLLOWIMG DISPUTES

ARE COMMON.

Sr.No. Nature of disputes

1. Fixing price
2. Correct weighment
3. Correct and prompt payment
4. Quality of produce
5. other

D) DO YOU THINK THAT THERE ARE MORE DISPUTES

DUE TO LACK OF MARKET YARD?

YES OR NO
14) SUPERVISION:

1. Who exercises supervision over the day

to day transaction the market?
2. Do the chairman and vice- chairman
 supervise the transaction the market?
3. If yes, then how many times?
4. If no, do you think keen supervision is
necessary?
5. How many other members of market
committee supervise the working of
the market?
6. How many members of the market
committee participate actively in the
working of the market and taking
interest? In what form?

Sr. No. Forms of supervision Members

1. Occasional supervision
2. Attending meeting regularly
3. Participating in the discussion
of the meeting
4. Other

15) THE APPROXIMATE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE

OF THE MARKET COMMITTEE GIVEN BELOW:

A. Receipts
B. Expenses
C. Deficit/ surplus
D. What are the sources of finance?
1. Market fees
2. Licence fees
3. Grant:
a) State Government
b) Central Government
E. Finance
F. Other
G. The financial position of the market
committee.

H) Whether any development work of expansion

programme is held up for want of finance.

YES OR NO
If yes, specify it

Sr. No. Programme Funds needed (Rs.)

1.
2.
3.

16) WHETHER MARKET COMMITTEE HAS TAKEN ANY

LOAN FROM CO- OPERATIVE / COMMERCIAL BANK?

YES OR NO

If yes,
1. Which bank?
2. Purpose
3. Year
4. Amount Rs.
5. Terms

17) IS THERE INSPECTION OF THE MARKET

COMMITTEE FROM HIGHER AUTHORITY?

YES OR NO?

1. If yes, then from whom?

2. At what interval?
3. Year of latest inspection

18) MARKET COST:

(WHAT MARKET CHARGES ARE LEVIED BY THE

MARKET COMMITTEE?

Sr. No. Items Market

1. Market fees
2. Weighment
3. Hamali
4. Commission
5. Other
Total

19) INFORMATION ABOUT AUDIT:

1. Is there audit of market committee?

2. Who undertake audit
3. What is the audit class given to the
market committee last year?