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| Delay in posting of staff affect APMCs functioning | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, June 24: A good infrastructure of Government Terminal/Satellite Fruit & Vegetable Markets has been created in J&K state, during last one decade. Elaborate infrastructure is available in fifteen Fruit & Vegetable Markets. Most of these Satellite/Terminal Fruit & Vegetable Markets viz., APMC Narwal Jammu, APMC Parimpora Srinagar, APMC Sopore, APMC Shopian, APMC Pulwama, APMC Kulgam, APMC Baramulla, APMC Udhampur, APMC Charar-e-Sharief, APMC Handwara, APMC Kupwara, APMC Kathua, APMC Akhnoor, APMC Bishnah and APMC Rajouri are functional, today.
In order to regulate these markets in our state, developed under a Government of India scheme, the Agriculture Produce Market Regulation Act of 1997 and APMR Rules 2003 came into force. The main objective was to regulate Fruit & Vegetable Markets in order to streamline the trade/ day-to-day working; also to stop mal-practices as well as exploitation of horticulture producers in the hands of traders. In light of the provision of the Act, Chief Executive Officers were deputed for few Terminal/Satellite markets for a period of two years.
Apart from this, the job of Secretary, in few markets, was assigned to field staff, in addition to their own duties. Since Chief Executive Officers and the Secretaries were assigned the job in addition to their own duties, they could not raise up-to expectations of growers/ traders and could not properly regulate these markets; even they failed to generate revenue on account of license fee, market cess & other charges, as per provisions given in J&K APMR Act & Rules. This has not only harmed day-today functioning in the above-said significantly important institutions but also affected adversely their own assignments in horticulture zones. It is pertinent to mention, here, that a number of cases of encroachments, mismanagement, nepotism in allotment of shops and other illegal practices have been reported in Government Fruit & Vegetable Markets at Sopore, Parimpura, Narwal and Udhampur.
As already mentioned above, the implementation of J&K APMR Act in these markets could have resulted in recurring annual revenue of crores of rupees, to the Govt., by means of License Fee, Market Cess and other charges. Only two terminal markets of Narwal Jammu & Parimpora Srinagar, taken over by the department from JDA & SDA respectively on intervention of Sham Lal Sharma Minister for Health, Horticulture & Floriculture, have annual turnover touching 1500 crores. Enforcement of J&K APMR Act & Rules even in these two terminal markets could have resulted in collection of recurring annual revenues more than Rs. 15 crores (Rupees fifteen crores). But business in these markets continues more or less like unregulated markets. Apart from defeat of the main purpose for which these markets were developed, there has also been recurring loss of revenues to APMCs as well the state exchequer for last so many years.
Thus in order to implement J&K APMR Act of 1997 in its letter & spirit and for welfare of horticulture producers, it becomes an emergent requirement to create/ depute full time Market secretaries and other required supporting staff in above-mentioned Satellite/ Terminal Fruit & Vegetable Markets. The Minister for Horticulture (as Chairman Agriculture Marketing Board) is competent for posting of independent
Secretaries, Superintendents and other fourth class/ enforcement staff to these big important Government institutions, as provided under the J&K APMR Act of 1997 & the APMR Rules 2003.
Proper enforcement of the said Act shall not only stop mal practices & exploitation of horticulture producers in these markets but also the sufficient resources shall be generated for providing better facilities to growers/ traders in these regulated Market yards/areas.
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