Chapter II ESTABLISHMENT OF MARKETS

1. (1) The State Government may, by notification in the official gazette, declare its intention of regulating the marketing of such agricultural produce and livestock, in the State, as may be specified in the notification. The notification may be brought to the notice of the interested public by publishing in local language and English on widely circulated platforms, like newspapers, websites and such other formats: Provided that no area within the limits of a municipality shall be included for regulation under this Act except after consultation with the municipal Board or municipal council, as the case may be.
2. (2) The notification under sub-section (1) shall state that any objections or suggestions which may be received by the State Government within such period as shall be specified in the notification, not being less than thirty days, will be considered by the State Government.
3. (3) State Government may hold consultations with Local bodies, and autonomous district councils, who own and operate rural periodical markets or haats or any other such markets for marketing of agricultural produce and livestock within their jurisdictional area, to bring such markets under the regulation of this Act, so as to develop these markets to efficiently function as marketing platform nearest to the farm gate.

Subject to the notification made under Section 3 and after considering such objections and suggestions as may be received from any source before expiry of such period, the State Government may, by another notification, declare the whole State as one unified market area a specified in the notification issued under Section 3 for the purpose of regulation of marketing of all or any of the kinds of agricultural produce and livestock specified in the notification issued under Section 3 under this Act.

Notification of delineated market area Subject to the provision made in Sections 3 and 4, State Government may, by further notification, delineate geographical area for a Market Committee as a delineated market area for the purpose of election of the Members of such Market Committee and undertaking developmental activities therein. Explanation: The Market Committee shall not regulate marketing of notified agricultural produce and livestock in its delineated market area.

Alteration or Amalgamation of delineated market area and of items of agricultural produce and livestock

1. (1) Subject to the procedure specified in Sections 3 and 5, State Government may, at any time by notification, exclude from any delineated market area, any area or include therein an additional area or split one delineated market area in two or more such areas or amalgamate two or more such areas in one delineated market area, or may exclude any notified agricultural produce and livestock from regulation, or include any agricultural produce and livestock, hitherto not regulated, for regulation under this Act.
2. (2) After the alteration of delineated market area or items of agricultural produce and livestock, if any, under Section 6, it shall not be necessary for the Director to make any declaration under this section unless he is of the opinion that it is necessary to declare any area, hitherto not declared, as delineated market area of any Market Committee.

1. (1) In a State, there may be-
   • (a) principal market yards managed by the Market Committee;
   • (b) sub-market yards managed by the Market Committee;
   • (c) market sub-yards managed by the Market Committee;
   • (d) private market yards managed by a person, holding a licence under Section 10;
   • (e) private market sub-yards managed by a person, holding a licence under Section 12;
   • (f) farmer-consumer market yards managed by the Market Committee;
   • (g) private farmer-consumer market yards managed by a person, holding a licence under Section 11;
   • (h) electronic trading platforms.
2. (2) The State Government shall, as soon as possible after the issue of notification under Sections 4 and 5, by a notification, declare any ‘place’ in the delineated market area as principal market yard or sub-market yard or market sub-yard or farmer consumer market yard, as the case may be, managed by a Market Committee, for the purpose of regulation of marketing of notified agricultural produce and livestock, expressly or impliedly in physical, electronic or other such mode, under this Act. Explanation: In this sub-section (2), the expression ‘place’ shall include any structure, enclosure, open space locality, street including warehouse, silos, pack house, cleaning, grading and packaging and processing unit vested in the Market Committee of the delineated market area.
3. (3) The State Government may, by notification, declare a ‘place’, licenced under Section 73, to be private market yard, private market sub-yard, private farmer-consumer market yard, as the case may be, for marketing of notified agricultural produce and livestock, expressly or impliedly in physical, electronic or other such mode, under this Act. Explanation: In this sub-section (3), the expression ‘place’ shall include any structure, enclosure, open space locality, street including warehouse, silos, pack house, cleaning grading and packaging and processing unit vested in the person licenced for the purpose under this Act.

1. (1) State Government may designate any existing market yard established under sub-section (2) of Section 7 as “Special Commodity Market Yard” or establish and notify any market yard as “Special Commodity Market Yard” after consideration of such aspects as throughput of particular agriculture produce and livestock and special infrastructure requirements therefore. It may be-
   • (i) fruits, vegetables and flowers markets, including onion market, apple market, orange market and other such market;
   • (ii) cotton market;
   • (iii) medicinal and aromatic plants market;
   • (iv) livestock market including camel market, fish market, poultry market and other such market; and
   • (v) any other such markets.
2. (2) All provisions for and in relation to the Market Committee made in the Act shall mutatis mutandis apply to the Market Committee established for “Special Commodity Market Yard”.

State Government may designate and notify any existing market yard established under Section 7

1. (2) as “Market Yard of National Importance” or establish and notify any market as “Market Yard of National Importance” after consideration of such aspects as total throughput, value, upstream catchment area, down-stream number of consumers served and special infrastructure requirements therefore: Provided that the market yard handling not less than such annual tonnage or such annual value, as may be prescribed, may be considered for conferring the status as the “Market Yard of National Importance”;

Establishment of private market yard

1. (1) Subject to such reasonable conditions and such fee as may be prescribed, the Director or the Officer authorized by him may grant a licence to a person to establish a private market yard, for trading of notified agricultural produce and livestock.
2. (2) The private market yard licensee, or its management committee, by whatever name it is called, may register commission agents and other market functionaries to operate in the licenced private market yard.
3. (3) The private market yard licensee, or its management committee, may collect user charge on notified agricultural produce and livestock transacted in the private market yard, at the rate ad valorem not exceeding the rate as notified by the State Government.
4. (4) The private market yard licensee shall contribute, of such user charge collection and registration fee, to the separate “Revolving Marketing Development Fund” maintained by the Director at the rate in percentage at par with Market Committee.
5. (5) The Director will spend the money from such Fund under sub-section (4) in development of common marketing infrastructure, skill development, training, research and pledge financing and such other activities as will aid in creating an efficient marketing system in the State/country.
6. (6) The private market yard licensee shall formulate a Standard Operating Procedure
   • (SOP) for conduct of business and activities ancillary thereto in the licenced private market yard.

1. (1) Subject to such terms and conditions and fee, as may be prescribed, by the Director or the Officer authorized by him, may grant licence to a person to establish farmer-consumer market yard for marketing of specified agricultural produce in retail.
2. (2) Such farmer-consumer market yard may be established by a person by developing infrastructure, as may be prescribed, and at a place accessible to both farmers and consumers: Provided that the consumer shall not purchase more than such quantity of agriculture produce at a time in this market, as may be prescribed.
3. (3) Such farmer-consumer market yard licensee may collect the user charge on the sale of agriculture produce from the seller and amount so realized shall be retained by farmer-consumer market yard licensee:

Declaring warehouse/silos/cold storage or other structure or place as market sub-yard

1. (1) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the State Government may, by notification declare warehouse, silos, cold storage or other structure or place with infrastructure and facilities as prescribed, to function as market sub-yard. Explanation: The expression 'place' under this sub-section shall include any structure, enclosure, open space, locality, street including pack house, cleaning grading and processing unit etc.
2. (2) The owner of such warehouse, cold Storage, or other such structure or 'place', as the case may be, desirous of declaration of such place as market sub-yard under sub-section (1), shall apply to the Director or an Officer authorized by him, in such form and in such manner and such fee; and also for such period but not less than three years, as may be prescribed.
3. (3) The licensee of such ware house, silos, cold storage or other such structure or place, may collect user charge on notified agricultural produce transacted at the declared market sub-yard under Section 12, at the rate ad valorem not exceeding the rate as notified by the Director or Board: Provided that no user charge shall be collected from agriculturist-seller.
4. (4) A declared market sub-yard licensee shall contribute, of such user charge collection, to the separate "Revolving Marketing Development Fund" maintained by the Director at the rate in percentage at par with Market Committee.

Direct marketing (wholesale direct purchase from farmers outside the market yard, sub- market yard, private market yard)

1. (1) Collection or aggregation centres in the proximity of the production areas may be setup by a person with infrastructure, as may be prescribed, with linkages to retail chain, or processing, export unit or premises, or any other such unit or premises, as may be prescribed, in accordance with the provisions of this Act and Rules made thereunder for marketing of notified agricultural produce.
2. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained under sub-section (1), direct wholesale purchase can also be carried out outside the principal market yard, sub-market yard, market sub-yard, private market yard by declaring the place of such purchase, without establishment of any permanent collection or aggregation centre, as may be prescribed.
3. (3) Direct marketing licensee shall have to maintain records and all accounts relating to daily trade transactions and shall submit monthly report, as may be prescribed, to the Licensing Authority.
4. (4) The Licensing Authority can seek any type of additional information from the direct marketing licensee; and can also inspect and issue direction relating to functioning of such whole sale purchases and the activities incidental thereto.
5. (5) The direct marketing licensee shall be liable to pay one-fourth of the applicable market fee on whole sale purchases made. The licensee shall deposit the due amount towards "Revolving Marketing Development Fund" maintained by the Director for the month by seventh day of the next month. The Fund will be utilized for the purposes and in the manner mutatis mutandis to sub-section (5) of Section 10 of this Act.
6. (6) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and Control Orders issued thereunder or any other law for the time being inforce, the provision of stock limit shall not be applicable on such direct marketing licensee purchasing the agricultural produce for processing or export to the extent of his or its annual capacity of processing or export.

Establishment of Market Committee and its incorporation

1. (1) For every delineated market area, there shall be a Market Committee consisting of a Chairman and other Members.
2. (2) Every Market Committee established under this Act shall be a body corporate with such name as the State Government may, by notification, specify. It shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name and shall, subject to such restrictions as are imposed by or under this Act, be competent to contract, acquire, hold, lease, sell or otherwise transfer any property, both immovable and movable and to do all other things necessary for the purpose for which it is established: Provided that no immovable or moveable property the value of which exceeds the prescribed limits shall be acquired or disposed of by the Market Committee without the prior permission of the Board; Provided further that the Board may, for the reason to be recorded in writing, revoke such permission before the completion of the acquisition or execution of the deed, as the case may be; Provided also that Market Committee may, with the prior approval of the Board and after obtaining valuation certificate from the prescribed officer, enter into agreement with the owner of any land or building and purchase such land or building.
3. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any enactment for the time being in force, every Market Committee shall for all purposes, be deemed to be a Local Authority.
4. (4) The Market Committee shall be classified by the Director, subject to the prescribed guidelines, considering through put and other consideration as the Director deems fit, for the purpose of laying down the norms for staff, establishment expenditure and other expenses and allowances required therefore.

1. (1) The Market Committee may require a Local Authority to transfer to it any land or building belonging to the Local Authority which is situated within the delineated market area and which, immediately before the establishment of the market yard was being used by the Local Authority for the purposes of the market and the Local Authority shall within one month of the receipt of the requisition, transfer the land or building, as the case may be, to the Market Committee on such terms as may be agreed between them.
2. (2) Where within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of requisition by the Local Authority under sub-section (1) no agreement is reached between the Local Authority and the Market Committee under the said sub-section, the land or building required by the Market Committee shall vest in the Market Committee for the purposes of this Act and the Local Authority shall be paid such compensation as may be determined by the Deputy Commissioner under sub-section (5): Provided that no compensation shall be payable to a Local Authority in respect of any land or building which had been vested in it by virtue of the provision contained in the enactment relating to the Constitution of such Local Authority without payment of any amount whatsoever may be, for such vesting; Provided further that any party aggrieved by the order of the Deputy Commissioner may within thirty days from the date of such order, appeal to the State Government.
3. (3) The Local Authority shall deliver possession of the land or building vesting in the Market Committee under sub-section (2) within a period of seven days from such vesting and on failure of the Local Authority to do so, within the period aforesaid, the Deputy Commissioner shall take possession of the land or building and cause it to be delivered to the Market Committee.
4. (4) The Deputy Commissioner shall fix the amount of compensation for the land or building having regard to-
   • (i) the annual rent for which the building might reasonably be expected to be let from year to year;
   • (ii) the condition of the building;
   • (iii) the amount of compensation paid by the Local Authority for the acquisition of such land; and
   • (iv) the cost of the present value of any building erected or other work executed on the land by the Local Authority.
5. (5) The compensation fixed under sub-section (4), may, at the option of the Market Committee, be paid in lump sum or in reasonable number of equal installments with interest thereon as the Deputy Commissioner may fix.

1. (1) When any land within the delineated market area is required for the purposes of this Act, and the Board or the Market Committee is unable to acquire it by agreement, the State Government may, at the request of the Board or the Market Committee, as the case may be, proceed to acquire such land under the provisions of Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 and on the payment of the applicable compensation awarded under that Act by the Board or Market Committee and of any other charges incurred by the State Government in connection with the acquisition, the land shall vest in the Board or the Market Committee, as the case may be: Provided that once a proposal is made by the Market Committee, it shall not be withdrawn by it except for such reasons as may be approved by the State Government.
2. (2) The Board or the Market Committee shall not, without the previous sanction of the State Government, transfer any land which has been acquired for this purpose by the Board or the Market Committee under sub-section (1) or divert such land to a purpose other than the purpose for which it has been acquired: Provided that the premises used for principal market yard, sub-market yard or for the purpose of the Board shall not be deemed to be included in the limits of the Municipal Corporation, District Council, as the case may be.

1. (1) The first Market Committee shall be constituted, for the first time for a delineated market area declared after commencement of this Act, all the members thereof including Chairman, shall be nominated by the State Government. The first Market Committee so constituted may consist of Members including Chairman, not less than fifteen, which may include six to ten agriculturist members, as may be prescribed. Other five Members may be:-
   • (i) four Members, one each from departments of agriculture or horticulture, cooperation, animal husbandry and veterinary and agricultural marketing of State Government;
   • (ii) one from cooperative marketing society; and
   • (iii) one from Local Authority of a place where the Market Committee is located. Provided that the Chairman shall be so nominated from amongst the agriculturist members.
2. (2) State Government or the Director shall, by an order, appoint a person to be the Officer-in-charge of the first Market Committee for a period not exceeding one year: Provided that in the event of death, resignation, leave or suspension of the officer-in-charge, a casual vacancy shall be deemed to have occurred in such office and such vacancy shall be filled, as soon as may be, by appointment of a person thereto by the State Government and until such appointment is made, a person nominated by the Director shall act as Officer-in-charge. The services of Officer-in-charge shall be co- terminus with the first Market Committee.
3. (3) The members including the Chairman of the first Market Committee constituted under sub-section (1) shall hold office for a period not exceeding one or two year, from the day of notification of constitution of the committee: Provided that if new Market Committee is constituted before the expiry of period aforesaid, Members including the Chairman shall cease to function on the date appointed for the first general meeting of the newly constituted Market Committee; Provided further that the State Government or the Director may, on proven misconduct, even before expiry of the period aforesaid, dismiss any Member including the Chairman.

Constitution of the second and subsequent Market Committee

1. (1) Save as provided in Section 17, a Market Committee constituted for a term of five years from the date of notification of it constitution, shall consist of-
   • (a) a Chairman elected under Section 23;
   • (b) six to ten representatives of agriculturists possessing such qualifications, as may be prescribed, under the rules made thereunder: Provided that no agriculturist may be qualified to be elected or nominated as representative of agriculturists of the second Market Committee unless he has sold his agricultural produce and livestock at least once in preceding one year, or five times in five years for subsequent Market Committee, in the principal market yard or sub-market yard falling in the delineated market area.
   • (c) Two representative of traders resident of a delineated market area, possessing such qualifications, as may be prescribed, elected or nominated from amongst the licenced traders resident of such delineated market area: Provided that no trader shall be a representative of more than one Market Committee at a time;
   • (d) One representative of licenced commission agent, possessing such qualifications, as may be prescribed, nominated from amongst the licence holder commission agents, granted by the Market Committee: Provided that no commission agent shall be a voter of more than one Market Committee at a time; Provided further that he is otherwise not disqualified for being so elected under the provisions of this Act or any other law for time being in force.
   • (e) One representative of the weighmen, hammals and other market functionaries, possessing such qualifications, as may be prescribed, elected from amongst the licence holder weighmen, hammals and other market functionaries, granted by Market Committee: Provided that no weighmen, hammals and other market functionaries shall be a voter of more than one Market Committee at a time; Provided further that he is otherwise not disqualified for being so elected under the provisions of this Act or any other law for time being in force.
2. (2) Every Market Committee will have following other committee Members-
   • (a) One representative of the co-operative marketing society functioning in the delineated market area who shall be elected by the managing committees of such societies: Provided that if more than one such society functions in the delineated market area, such Member shall be nominated by all the Members of the managing committees of such society: Provided further that nothing in this clause shall apply if the managing committee of any society stands superseded under the provisions of the State Co-operative Societies Act.
   • (b) An officer of the agriculture or horticulture, department of the State Government to be nominated by the State Government, Directorate of Agriculture or Horticulture;
   • (c) One representative of the District Council from the place where the Market Committee is located.
3. (3) Only Members under sub-section (1) shall have a right to vote.
4. (4) State Government may make Rules for the preparation of voters' list and conduct of election.
5. (5) Every election and nomination of the Member shall be notified by the State Government.
6. (6) No person may be Member of the Market Committee more than two terms.

1. (1) The Deputy Commissioner shall, by notification or otherwise, divide a delineated market area into as much number of constituencies equal to the number of the representatives of the agriculturist to be chosen from such area but not less than ten.
2. (2) In case of direct election for agriculturist Members to a Market Committee, reservation of seats for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, other backward classes and women will be as per the Government policy, as may be prescribed.

1. (1) Every person-
   • (a) whose name is entered as land owner in the village land records or is a tenant as per the State's respective Land Reforms Act;
   • (b) who has completed the age of eighteen years; and
   • (c) whose name is included in the voter's list prepared under the provisions of this Act and the Rules made there under, shall be qualified to vote at the election of a representative of agriculturists: Provided that no person shall be eligible to vote in more than one constituency.
2. (2) No person shall be qualified to be elected as a representative of agriculturists unless-
   • (a) his name is included in the list of voters as agriculturist of the delineated market area;
   • (b) he is otherwise not disqualified for being so elected under the provisions of this Act or any other law for time being inforce.
3. (3) No person shall be eligible for election for more than one Market Committee or constituency as the case may be.

Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Chairman, Members of the Market Committee shall be elected in the manner prescribed in the Rules. Such Rules may provide also for preparation and maintenance of the lists of voters and their qualification and disqualification, the payment of deposits and their forfeitures, reservation of seats and all matters connected thereto.

1. (1) Subject to the directions of the Director, the superintended, direction and control of the preparation of the lists of voters for and the conduct of all elections to the Market Committee, shall be vested in the District Collector.
2. (2) State Government shall make available to the District Collector such staff and Funds as may be necessary for the discharge of the functions and responsibilities conferred on Deputy Commissioner under this Act.
3. (3) All expenditure in connection with or incidental to the election of Chairman, and Members to the Market Committee shall be met from the consolidated Fund of the State.
4. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, State Government or State Election Commission or any other body authorized therefore may issue instructions relating to all matters connected with elections to the Market Committee including directions for cancellation of the calendar of events or postponement of polls.

1. (1) Every person shall, unless disqualified under the provisions of this Act or any other law for time being in force, as the Chairman of the Market Committee, be qualified to be elected under direct election by the persons qualified to vote for the election of representatives of agriculturists under Section 20, traders, commission agents and other market functionaries under Section 18: Provided that no person shall be eligible for election as Chairman unless he is qualified to be elected under Section 20.
2. (2) Reservation of seats to election of the Chairman for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, other backward classes and women will be as per the Government policy, as may be prescribed.
3. (3) No person shall be eligible to contest election simultaneously for office of the Chairman and a Member.
4. (4) If any delineated market area fails to elect a Chairman, fresh election proceedings shall be initiated to fill the office within six months:

Term of the office of Chairman and Members

1. (1) The Chairman and elected Member shall, save as otherwise provided in this Act, hold office for term of five years from the day of assuming the office or till the continuation of Market Committee, whichever is earlier.
2. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), a person who is a nominated Member of Market Committee by virtue of being a representative of co-operative marketing society, agriculture or horticulture department and District Council as the case may be, shall cease to be such member on his ceasing to be a Member of the managing committee of the society or District Council concerned by efflux of his term of office or otherwise, or re-nomination by the department, as the case may be.

1. (1) The term of office of the Chairman and Members of a Market Committee shall commence on the date immediately after the expiry of the term of office of the outgoing office bearer of the Market Committee or on the date of first meeting of the committee convened.
2. (2) When not less than half of representative of agriculturists, and not less than half of total Members to the Market Committee are available to function as Members after general election or at any time, the Market Committee shall, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, be deemed to be duly constituted or duly functional, and such Market Committee shall be competent to exercise the powers and perform the functions of the Market Committee.

A Member of the Market Committee other than ex officio Member may resign from his membership in writing delivered or caused to be delivered to the Chairman of the Market Committee who shall acknowledge the receipt of same and the seat of such Member shall be come vacant on the expiry of fifteen days from the date of acknowledgement of resignation unless within such period such Member withdraws his resignation in writing addressed to the Chairman.

1. (1) The Chairman may resign from his office at any time in writing addressed to the Director, incharge of agricultural marketing and the office shall become vacant on the expiry of fifteen clear days from the date of such resignation, unless within the said period of fifteen days he withdraws the resignation in writing addressed to the Director in-charge of the agricultural marketing.
2. (2) During the vacancy caused by resignation, death, removal or otherwise in the office of the Chairman, such member of the Market Committee as the Director may appoint, shall exercise the powers and perform the functions of the Chairman till the Chairman is duly elected.

1. (1) A motion of no confidence may be moved against the Chairman at a meeting specially convened for the purpose under sub-section (2), and if the motion is passed by a majority of the total Members of the Committee and not less than two-third of the Members present and voted cease to be the Chairman.
2. (2) For the purpose of sub-section (1) a meeting of the Market Committee shall be held in the prescribed manner within thirty days of the date of receipt of the notice of motion of no confidence. No ex-officio Member of the Market Committee shall move the notice of no confidence. The ex-officio Member shall also not have power to vote on "no confidence motion" brought.
3. (3) The Chairman shall not preside over the meeting but such meeting shall be presided over by an Officer which the Director may, appoint for the purpose. However, the Chairman, shall have the right to speak and other wise to take part in the proceedings of the meeting.
4. (4) If the motion of no confidence is not accorded as aforesaid or if the meeting could not be held for want of quorum, no notice of any subsequent motion expressing vote of confidence in the same Chairman shall be made until after the expiry of six months from the date of such scheduled meeting.

1. (1) Subject to the Rules made in this behalf, every Chairman who absents himself from three consecutive meetings of the committee, without leave of the Director in-charge of agricultural marketing, shall cease to be the Chairman on and from the date on which such third meeting is held.
2. (2) Leave under sub-section (1) shall not be granted for six consecutive meetings of the Market Committee. Whenever such leave in extreme exigencies as prescribed is granted to the Chairman, the Market Committee shall elect or nominate such eligible members to discharge the duties and functions as Chairman of the Market Committee.

1. (1) On election of the Chairman, the outgoing Chairman shall forthwith hand over the charge of his office to the successor in office.
2. (2) If the outgoing Chairman fails or refuses to hand over the charge of his office, under sub-section (1), the Director or any Officer authorized by him in this behalf may, with prior approvable of the Director incharge of agricultural marketing, by order in writing direct the outgoing chairman, forthwith to hand over the charge of his office together with all records, Funds and property of the Market Committee, if any, in his possession.
3. (3) If the outgoing Chairman to whom a direction has been issued under sub-section (2) does not comply with such direction, the Director or any Officer authorized in this behalf shall have the same powers as are vested in a Civil Court under the code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) while executing a decree.

1. (1) Where the Director or Managing Director is satisfied that the books and records of a Market Committee are likely to be suppressed, tampered with or destroyed, or the funds and property of a Market Committee are likely to be misappropriated or misapplied, the Director or Managing Director may order for seizure and taking possession of the record and property of the Market Committee.
2. (2) On receipt of the Order under sub-section (1), the police officer not below the rank of Sub-Inspector of the local area shall enter and search any place where the records and property are kept or are likely to be kept and to seize them and hand over possession thereof to the Director or Managing Director or the person authorized by him, as the case may be.

1. (1) Save as provided under Section 14 (1), the State Government may, by notification, constitute a separate Market Committee for effective implementation of provisions of this Act for such market yards located in the State which is or are considered as the Market Yards of "National Importance" (MNI).
2. (2) All provisions for and in relation to the Market Committee, including nomination of Chairman and Members made in the Act, shall mutatis mutandis apply to the Market Committee constituted for "Market yard of National Importance".
3. (3) Save as provided under Section 18, Market Committee of Market Yard of National Importance shall consist of-
   • (i) Chairman -1
   • (ii) Agriculturist six to ten including 2 agriculturists one each from two other States where from arrivals are received in the MNI (to be nominated by respective State Governments on receipts of requests for such nomination received from the Govt. where MNI is located).
   • (iii) Trader holding the single unified licence, resident of a delineated market area, possessing such qualifications, as may be prescribed, nominated from amongst the licenced traders resident of such delineated market area-1
   • (iv) Trader holding the inter-state trading licence nominated by State Government, as may be prescribed-1
   • (v) One representative of licenced/registered commission agent as member, as may be prescribed-1
   • (vi) Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government of India or his nominee not below the rank of Under Secretary to Government of India-1
   • (vii) Chief Executive Officer or the Municipal Commissioner of the area or his nominee-1
   • (viii) Chief Town Planner or the authority exercising such powers or his nominee-1
   • (ix) Director or his nominee (ex-officio) not below the rank of Under Secretary to the Government of India-1
   • (x) M.D., SAMB (ex-officio) or his nominee not below the rank of Under Secretary to the Government of India-1
   • (xi) Executive Member (to be appointed by the State Government, who shall function as the Secretary or Chief Executive Officer of Market Committee of MNI)-1

The Secretary functioning as Chief Executive Officer of the Market Committee shall be appointed by the State Government from amongst the State's Civil Service Officers at least with ten years of service or from the panel of professionals so maintained or on deputation from State Government with experience of ten years in agricultural marketing.

1. (1) The Executive Committee for MNI shall consist of-
   • (i) Chairman of MNI-1
   • (ii) Trader holding the single unified licence of MNI-1
   • (iii) Director in charge of Agricultural Marketing or his nominee (ex-officio) not below the rank of Under Secretary to Government of India-1
   • (iv) M.D., SAMB (ex-officio) or his nominee not below the rank of Under Secretary to Government of India-1
   • (v) Executive Member of the Market Committee of MNI who shall be as the member Secretary of the ExecutiveCommittee-1
2. (2) In case of emergency, the executive committee may decide issues requiring approval of the Market Committee. However, such decisions shall be approved by the Market Committee within forty five days from the date such decisions are taken. Failure in doing so or in event of disapproval of such decisions by the market committee, such decision shall stand null and void, so however, that any such disapproval shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that decision: Provided that if the Market Committee makes any modifications in such decision, the decision shall have effect only in such modified from the date of such modification.
3. (3) The Executive Committee shall meet as often as necessary but at least once in a calendar month.

The Members of the Executive Committee shall hold the office during the pleasure of the State Government.

All other provisions of this Act, not specified for "Market Yard of National Importance", shall mutatis mutandis apply to MNI established and notified under Section 9 of this Act.