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Agriculture Marketing Information System (Punjab) is a big help for the traders and producers to decide where, when and at what rate to sell their produce, resulting in optimization of profits and additional means to invest in further enhancement of production.
[2] [3] It is a subsidiary of Punjab Agro Industries Corporation. [4] The company has been awarded Sustainable Development Goals Action Award by the Punjab Planning Department for Sustainable Organic Production and Innovative Marketing System. It has also received Leadership award in Agriculture Marketing. [5] [6] [7]
In Tamil Nadu, the Tamil Nadu State Agricultural Marketing Board, successfully running since 1977, is the regulatory board for agricultural markets. 21 market committees are established for every notified area, and 277 regulated markets are functioning under these committees for better regulation of buying and selling of agricultural produce. [17]
From 1997 to 1999, Bhunder served as the Chairman of the Agricultural Marketing Board. [6] In 1998, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India . From 2002 to 2007, Bhunder was again elected to be a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from the Sardulgarh , Mansa District constituency for the 5th time.
The Government of India launched Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) Scheme in July 2020 with a corpus of Rs. 1,00,000 crores.to provide financial support to agri-entrepreneurs, start-ups, agri-tech players and farmer groups for infrastructure and logistics facilities. [7] [8] [9] In this fund, Punjab state has been allotted INR 4713 crore. [10]
While the agricultural practice is prevalent throughout the entire country, it is more common in the fertile provinces of Punjab and Sindh, which are traditionally the main areas of agriculture and farming activity. In 2020, the livestock industry contributed 60.6% to the overall agricultural production and 11.7% to the GDP. [2]
The speaker appoints the committee and its members every year for a one year term according to the powers conferred by Article 208 of the Constitution of India read with section 32 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (37 of 1956), and in pursuance of Rules 232(1) and 2(b) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Punjab Legislative Assembly.
Khem Singh Gill (1 September 1930 – 17 September 2019) [1] was an Indian academic, geneticist, plant breeder and Vice-Chancellor of the Punjab Agricultural University. [2] He was known for his contributions to the Green Revolution in India.