State Act

The Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development and Regulation) Act, 1963.

5-1B. Composition of Market Committee of Market of National Importance.— (1) The Market Committee of Market of National Importance shall consist of the following members, namely :— (i) Minister for Marketing - Chairman; (ii) Minister of State for Marketing - Vice-Chairman; (iii) Commissioner of Agriculture or his representative, who shall not be below the rank of Joint Director; (iv) Director of Marketing or his representative, who shall not be below the rank of Joint Registrar of Department of Co-operation; (v) Executive Director, Maharashtra State Agriculture Marketing Board, Pune or his representative, who shall not be below the rank of Joint Registrar of Department of Co-operation; (vi) Five agriculturists from the State or the revenue division in which the Market of National Importance is situated, out of them two agriculturists shall be from the area of the Market Committee (of which one shall be woman and one shall be a person belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or Other Backward Classes or De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis) or Nomadic Tribes); (vii) If required, two agriculturist recommended by other State Governments (one each from two other States), wherefrom maximum arrivals of agricultural produce are received in the Market Yard of National Importance, to be nominated by the State Government of Maharashtra; (viii) Three members holding the licence of Trader of the concerned Market of National Importance, out of them one shall be from agro-processing industry who has experience of minimum three years as a Director or partner in concerned processing industry; (ix) One person nominated by the Government who is an expert in any of the fields of finance, marketing, co-operation, management or import-export. (2) (a) The Market Committee may invite the following persons as special invitees for the purpose of assisting or advising it on any matter or matters, namely :— (i) One representative of Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), after obtaining prior permission of the concerned authority of the Government of India; (ii) Managing Director of Maharashtra State Warehousing Corporation or his representative (who shall not be below the rank of Joint Registrar of Department of Co-operation); (iii) Administrative Head of the Local Government Body or an Officer, not below the rank of Officer of Group A nominated by him in the area where the Market of National Importance is situated. (b) Such special invitees may take part in the meetings of the Committee, but shall have no right to vote. (3) An officer from Agriculture, Marketing, Co-operation, Revenue Department or Government Officer from any other Department, who is holding an equivalent post of Joint Registrar of Department of Co-operation, to be nominated by the State Government, shall be the Secretary of the market committee. (4) The persons nominated by the State Government to be the members of Market Committee of Market of National Importance shall hold office for the period of five years from the date of nomination or until the pleasure of the State Government. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, as soon as the notification of establishment of Market of National Importance is issued under section 5-1A by the State Government, the existing Market Committee shall cease to function and all the existing Committee members shall cease to hold their office.