The document provides information on rural haats (periodic village markets) existing in India. It notes that there are currently 22,941 rural haats across the country, owned and operated by local bodies, marketing boards, cooperatives, and the private sector. The 2018-19 budget announced plans to develop and upgrade existing rural haats into Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs) by strengthening infrastructure using various government schemes and funds. A survey of 9,477 rural haats found that most lacked basic infrastructure and amenities. Immediate action is needed from states to identify haats free of APMC regulations and prepare plans to develop their infrastructure as GrAMs.

1. Gramin Agricultural Markets ( GrAMs)

2. Rural Haats Existing in the Country
• Called by varied names like “Gramin Haats, Haats, shandies, painths and
fairs etc.”
• Owned by Local Bodies (Panchayats/councils), Agricultural/ Horticultural
Departments of State Governments, Cooperatives, Marketing
Boards/APMCs and Private Sector
• As per information provided by State Agricultural Marketing Boards/State
Governments , there are 22941 Rural Haats
 Under local Bodies including Councils- 11811
 Under Marketing Board/APMCs- 1274
 Under Private sector (Trust, individuals, etc.)- 9856
• However, State Marketing Boards provided only numbers without other
information like location, etc on village haats under local bodies and under
private sector

3. 22941 Rural Haats
State Rural Haats State Rural Haats
Andhra Pradesh 0 Madhya
Pradesh
2550
Andaman &
Nicobar
23 Maharashtra 3500
Arunachal
Pradesh
256 Manipur 119
Assam 1319 Meghalya 124
Bihar 1794 Mizoram 220
Chandigarh 0 Nagaland 174
Chhattisgarh 1132 Nct of Delhi 0
Dadra Nagar
Haveli
0 Odisha 1548
Daman & Diu 0 Puducherry 0
Goa 0 Punjab 0
Gujarat 0 Rajasthan 0
Haryana 0 Sikkim 0
Himachal Pradesh 0 Tamil Nadu 501
Jammu & Kashmir 8 Telangana 261
Jharkhand 602 Tripura 554
Karnataka 730 Uttar Pradesh 3464
Kerala 1106 Uttarakhand 56
Lakshdweep 0 West Bengal 2900
261
0
0
602
0
0
3464
2550
56
3500
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1132
1548
730
501
1106
2900
8
0
1794
1319
124
554
220
119
174
256

4. Sl. No. State / UT
Total No. of Rural Haats
Under
APMC/RMC
Under local
bodies
Under private
Sector
Total
1 Andhra Pradesh 0 0 0 0
2 Andman & Nicobar 0 23 0 23
3 Arunachal Pradesh 66 175 15 256
4 Assam 405 908 6 1319
5 Bihar 325 - 1469 1794
6 Chandigarh Nil Nil Nil 0
7 Chhattisgarh - 1132 - 1132
8 Dadra Nagar Haveli Nil Nil Nil 0
9 Daman & Diu Nil Nil Nil 0
10 Goa NR 0
11 Gujarat NR 0
12 Haryana Nil Nil Nil 0
13 Himachal Pradesh Nil Nil Nil 0
14 Jammu & Kashmir - 8 - 8
15 Jharkhand - 602 - 602
16 Karnataka Nil 730 Nil 730
17 Kerala 6 1100 1106
18 Lakshdweep Nil Nil Nil 0
State – wise list of Rural Haats as per State Govt. / Mandi Board

5. Sl. No. State / UT
Total No. of Rural Haats
Under
APMC/RMC
Under local bodies
Under private
Sector
Total
19 Madhya Pradesh Nil Nil 2550 2550
20 Maharashtra - - 3500 3500
21 Manipur 95 24 119
22 Meghalya 35 89 - 124
23 Mizoram 24 196 220
24 Nagaland - - 174 174
25 Nct of Delhi Nil Nil Nil 0
26 Odisha 398 132 1018 1548
27 Puducherry Nil Nil Nil 0
28 Punjab Nil Nil Nil Nil
29 Rajasthan Nil Nil Nil 0
30 Sikkim Nil Nil Nil 0
31 Tamil Nadu Nil 501 Nil 501
32 Telangana - 261 - 261
33 Tripura 21 533 554
34 Uttar Pradesh NIl 3464 Nil 3464
35 Uttarakhand - 56 - 56
36 West Bengal - 2900 - 2900
Total 1274 11811 9856 22941
State – wise list of Rural Haats as per State Govt. / Mandi Board Contd...

6. Budget 2018-19 Announcement
• Develop and upgrade existing 22,000 rural haats into Gramin Agricultural
Markets (GrAMs)
• Physical infrastructure to be strengthened using MGNREGS and other
Government Schemes
• PMGSY(Phase-III) to be used for strengthening road linkages from
habitations to GrAMs
• Setting up of Agri–Market Infrastructure Fund with a corpus of Rs. 2000
crore-
 Develop and upgrade agricultural marketing infrastructure in 22,000
GrAMs
 Strengthening 585 APMC markets
• GrAMs to be linked to e-NAM
• GrAMs to be outside the APMC Act regulation

7. Survey of Rural Haats
• No information was available on location of
these haats, status of infrastructure, status
of management, user charges, etc.
• DAC&FW through its attached office of DMI
undertaking questionnaire based survey to
ascertain-
 exact location;
 status of infrastructure;
 commodities traded; and
 marketing operations, etc.
• 9477 Rural Haats surveyed

8. Gramin Haats- An Overview of 9477 haats
Retail
72%
Wholesale
4%
Both
wholesale
& Retail
24%
Types of Markets
Local
Bodies
70%
Private,
Co-
operative,
Agri./
Mktg.…
Ownership
Weekly
69%
Daily
11%
Others
20%
Periodicity
Agriculture
Commoditi
es
38%
Agri. /
Horticultur
e including
Livestock
58%
Livestock
& Fish
Market
4%
Commodities marketed

9. Status Infrastructure of Existing Rural Haats
S.No. Infrastructure / facility Scenario- Existed in % of haats
A. Basic/Supporting Infrastructure
i. Pucca Internal Road 15
ii. Toilet facility 3
iii. Electricity 26
iv. Boundary Wall/Fence 10
v. Parking 31
B. Marketing Infrastructure
v. Raised platform with/without shed only 15
vi Godown 4
vii Weighing scale 12
viii Notice Board 13

10. Basic Infrastructure to be provided by MoRD
Provision for basic facilities/infrastructure exist under MGNREGS for
village haat
Open raised, covered platform
Toilets (separate for women & men)
Drains
Brick soiling in the moving space
Garbage pits at corner
Office block
Storage (small size)
Drinking water facility
Drinking water facility for cattle
Boundary wall/fencing with two gates
Parking space
Road Connectivity – PMGSY (Phase-III)

11. Status of Development and Up-gradation Rural Haats into
GrAMs
• Survey of 9477 rural haats carried out
• MoRD received proposal of 5002 Rural Haats from States to develop (24 States)
and requested DAC&FW if these Haats are free from State APMC Regulations
 DAC & FW verified so far 1878 haats, which are free from APMC regulations
and replied to MoRD
 After further scrutiny by DAC&FW, it is found that most of haats from list of
5002 Haats are proposals for entirely new haats
While, as per announcement in budget 2018-19, only existing haats are to be
developed and upgraded
• DAC&FW has requested MoRD to also undertake development of at least one
functional village haat in each Aspirational District this year on priority basis
• States have been requested by DAC&FW to exempt all GrAMs from State APMC
regulation
• Proposal for creation of Agri-Market Infrastructure Fund (AMIF) with a corpus of
Rs. 2,000 crore is being worked out (EFC Stage)
• DAC&FW is finalizing “Operational Guidelines” for marketing operation and
management of GrAMs in consultation with MoRD

12. Immediate Action Required from States
• Step-1
• States to identify the existing Rural Haats free from APMC Regulations at the
earliest
• Consult the consolidated list of haats to MoRD
• Prepare and approve estimates with proper design layout for these Haats for
development under MGNREGS for required infrastructures based on gap
 preference to be given to functional haats situated in aspirational districts and
also in tribal areas
• Step-2 Start the developmental work and monitor its progress at State and local
level
• Step-3 State to exempt GrAMs from APMC Regulations
• Step-4 Utilize AMIF and other Schemes to develop marketing infrastructure
• Step-5 To plan for linking GrAMs to Habitations

14. State No. of Rural Haats Surveyed State No. of Rural Haats Surveyed
Andhra Pradesh 0 676 Madhya Pradesh 2550 97
A & Nicobar 23 0 Maharashtra 3500 842
Arunachal 256 31 Manipur 119 16
Assam 1319 118 Meghalya 124 86
Bihar 1794 136 Mizoram 220 121
Chandigarh 0 0 Nagaland 174 0
Chhattisgarh 1132 1152 Nct of Delhi 0 0
DNH 0 0 Odisha 1548 1025
Daman & Diu 0 0 Puducherry 0 0
Goa 0 0 Punjab Nil 0
Gujarat 100 Rajasthan 0 34
Haryana 0 0 Sikkim 0 40
Himachal 0 0 Tamil Nadu 501 1391
J& K 8 0 Telangana 261 351
Jharkhand 602 341 Tripura 554 32
Karnataka 730 681 Uttar Pradesh 3464 1660
Kerala 1106 186 Uttarakhand 56 112
Lakshdweep 0 0 West Bengal 2900 249
State-wise Rural Haats Surveyed

15. Questionnaire for Survey of Rural Haats (Gramin Haats)
Sl.No
.
Particulars Response
A. General Information
1. Name and Location of the Rural Periodical Markets (RPM)
2. Ownership of RPM (APMC or RMC/ Marketing Board/ State Marketing Department/ Agriculture Department/
Horticulture Deptt./ Revenue & Land Record Department/ Private and Local Bodies (municipal corporation, municipal
council, panchayat, district/ taluka/ village council)
3. Name of the organisation operating the RPM. If on rent/ lease, please specify the rate/ amount/ sharing.
4. Regulated/ Unregulated
If Regulated, please specify under which Regulation (Acts/ Rules/ Bye-laws, any other)
5. Periodicity (Daily/ weekly/ biweekly/ tri-weekly/ fortnightly, any other, please specify)
6. No. of Person(s) employed, please specify nature of his/ her/ their work
7. Linkages (Road/ Rail)
8. Market is linking to AGMARKNET node (Yes/No)
B. Sale transaction
9. Types of Markets (Wholesale / Retail / Both)
10. Commodity marketed (Agricultural / Horticultural/ Livestock and its product/other than agricultural and horticultural
commodities like garments and other such household items.
C. Market Charges
11. Rate of Market Fees/ User Charges/ Sitting Charges/ Commission agent charges if any / any other, please specify
12. Weighing Charges
13. Brokerage
14. Any other charges, please specific with name and rate
D. Marketing and allied Infrastructure
15. Boundary Wall/ Fencing/ Open

16. Questionnaire for Survey of Rural Haats (Gramin Haats)
19. Godown with tonnage, if any
20. Weighbridge/ Weighing scale/ Both/ Nil
21. Cleaning/ Grading
22. Any other Infrastructure, please specify
E. Basic Facilities/ Amenities
23. Office (Y/N)
24. Contact No.
25. Notice Board (Y/N)
26. Drinking Water (Y/N)
27. Electricity (Y/N)
28. Urinal/ Toilet (Y/N)
29. Parking (Y/N)
30. Input Sundry Shop (Y/N)
31. Garbage Disposal System (Y/N)
32. Hygienic/ Unhygienic
33. Bank/ Post Office (Y/N)
34. Any other Facility/ Services, please specify
F. Financial Position
35. Annual Income
36. Annual Expenditure, please specify the heads of expenditure
37 Latitude/Longitude
38 Distance from nearest APMC market
B
A
C
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