Gramin Agricultural Markets ( GrAMs)
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 State Rural Haats
Andhra Pradesh 0 Madhya
Pradesh 2550
Andaman &
Nicobar 23 Maharashtra 3500
Arunachal
Pradesh 256 Manipur 119
Assam 1319 Meghalya 124
Bihar 1794 Mizoram 220
Chandigarh 0 Nagaland 174
Chhattisgarh 1132 Nct of Delhi 0
Dadra Nagar
Haveli 0 Odisha 1548
Daman & Diu 0 Puducherry 0
Goa 0 Punjab 0
Gujarat 0 Rajasthan 0
Haryana 0 Sikkim 0
Himachal Pradesh 0 Tamil Nadu 501
Jammu & Kashmir 8 Telangana 261
Jharkhand 602 Tripura 554
Karnataka 730 Uttar Pradesh 3464
Kerala 1106 Uttarakhand 56
Lakshdweep 0 West Bengal 2900
261 0
0
602 0
0
3464
2550 56
3500
0
1132
1548
730
501 1106
2900 8
0
1794 1319 124
554 220
119 174 256
Sl. No. State / UT
Total No. of Rural Haats Under
APMC/RMC
Under local bodies
Under private
Sector Total
1 Andhra Pradesh 0 0 0 0
2 Andman & Nicobar 0 23 0 23
3 Arunachal Pradesh 66 175 15 256
4 Assam 405 908 6 1319
5 Bihar 325 - 1469 1794
6 Chandigarh Nil Nil Nil 0
7 Chhattisgarh - 1132 - 1132
8 Dadra Nagar Haveli Nil Nil Nil 0
9 Daman & Diu Nil Nil Nil 0
10 Goa NR 0
11 Gujarat NR 0
12 Haryana Nil Nil Nil 0
13 Himachal Pradesh Nil Nil Nil 0
14 Jammu & Kashmir - 8 - 8
15 Jharkhand - 602 - 602
16 Karnataka Nil 730 Nil 730
17 Kerala 6 1100 1106
18 Lakshdweep Nil Nil Nil 0
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
19 Madhya Pradesh Nil Nil 2550 2550
20 Maharashtra - - 3500 3500
21 Manipur 95 24 119
22 Meghalya 35 89 - 124
23 Mizoram 24 196 220
24 Nagaland - - 174 174
25 Nct of Delhi Nil Nil Nil 0
26 Odisha 398 132 1018 1548
27 Puducherry Nil Nil Nil 0
28 Punjab Nil Nil Nil Nil
29 Rajasthan Nil Nil Nil 0
30 Sikkim Nil Nil Nil 0
31 Tamil Nadu Nil 501 Nil 501
32 Telangana - 261 - 261
33 Tripura 21 533 554
34 Uttar Pradesh NIl 3464 Nil 3464
35 Uttarakhand - 56 - 56
36 West Bengal - 2900 - 2900
Total 1274 11811 9856 22941
State – wise list of Rural Haats as per State Govt. / Mandi Board Contd...
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
• 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
Retail ; 72.00%
Wholesale ; 4.00%
Both wholesale & Retail ; 24.00%
Types of Markets
Local Bodies ; 70.00%
Private, Co-operative, Agri./ Mktg. Deptt. /Board etc; 30.00%
Ownership
Weekly ; 69.00%
Daily ; 11.00%
Others ; 20.00%
Periodicity
Agriculture Commodities ; 38.00%
Agri. / Horticulture including Livestock ; 58.00%
Livestock & Fish Market; 4.00%
Commodities marketed
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 15
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
THANK YOU
State No. of Rural Haats Surveyed State No. of Rural Haats Surveyed
Andhra Pradesh 0 676 Madhya Pradesh 2550 97
A & Nicobar 23 0 Maharashtra 3500 842
Arunachal 256 31 Manipur 119 16
Assam 1319 118 Meghalya 124 86
Bihar 1794 136 Mizoram 220 121
Chandigarh 0 0 Nagaland 174 0
Chhattisgarh 1132 1152 Nct of Delhi 0 0
DNH 0 0 Odisha 1548 1025
Daman & Diu 0 0 Puducherry 0 0
Goa 0 0 Punjab Nil 0
Gujarat 100 Rajasthan 0 34
Haryana 0 0 Sikkim 0 40
Himachal 0 0 Tamil Nadu 501 1391
J& K 8 0 Telangana 261 351
Jharkhand 602 341 Tripura 554 32
Karnataka 730 681 Uttar Pradesh 3464 1660
Kerala 1106 186 Uttarakhand 56 112
Lakshdweep 0 0 West Bengal 2900 249
State-wise Rural Haats Surveyed
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)
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
