MEGAMB

The State Agricultural Produce Marketing Act was enacted in the year 1980 and the State Agricultural Marketing Board was set up in 1983 with its headquarter at Shillong, to develop marketing infrastructural facilities and to provide marketing support to the farmers in the State. In the year 1991, with the assistance of the Centre for Agricultural Marketing, Government of India located at Jaipur, detailed survey was conducted and a master plan for development of marketing infrastructures in Meghalaya was prepared. Accordingly, it was proposed to set up secondary markets in each District in the State which are called Wholesale Regulated Markets. Thus, land was made available at Mawiong in the East Khasi-Hills District, Garobadha in the West Garo Hills District and Williamnagar in the East Garo Hills District... 1. Implementation of the provisions of the Act for better regulation of buying and selling of notified agricultural produce in the State... 2. Provision of infrastructural..