Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) is a statutory market committee constituted by a State Government in respect of trade in certain notified agricultural or horticultural or livestock products, under the Agricultural Produce Market Committee Act issued by that state government.
APMCs are intended to be responsible for:
- ensuring transparency in pricing system and transactions taking place in market area;
- providing market-led extension services to farmers;
- ensuring payment for agricultural produce sold by farmers on the same day;
- promoting agricultural processing including activities for value addition in agricultural produce;
- Publicizing data on arrivals and rates of agricultural produce brought into the market area for sale; and
- Setup and promote public private partnership in the management of agricultural markets
There are about 2477 principal regulated markets based on geography (the APMCs) and 4843 sub-market yards regulated by the respective APMCs in India.
The typical amenities available in or around the APMCs are: auction halls, weigh bridges, godowns, shops for retailers, canteens, roads, lights, drinking water, police station, post-office, bore-wells, warehouse, farmers amenity center, tanks, Water Treatment plant, soil-testing Laboratory, toilet blocks, etc.
