(a): whether the Government proposes to set up uniform marketing network for agro products throughout the country;
(b): if so, the details thereof;
(c): whether the network is proposed to be extended to the North- Eastern States also; and
(d): if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES & AGRO AND RURAL INDUSTRIES (SHRI MAHABIR PRASAD)
(a)to(d): Marketing of agro products is primarily done in the
private sector. There is no proposal to set up a uniform marketing
network for agro products by the Government. However, the Khadi
and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) of the Central Government
has taken various steps to promote marketing of village industry
(VI) agro industry products, in the country including the North
Eastern States. These include quality testing at subsidised rates,
organising exhibition at national/sub-national levels,
participation in national and international exhibitions,
enovation/modernization of selected sales outlets, organizing
buyer-seller meets, creating of improved packaging and design
facilities, etc.
KVIC has also set up a Confederation for Promotion of Khadi
and Village Industries (CPKVI) for marketing of khadi and village
industry products including agro products throughout the country,
including the North-Eastern States.