The 139th Board meeting of the Board of Directors was organized in the auditorium of the Mandi Board under the chairmanship of Co-Chairman, MP State Agricultural Marketing Board and Agriculture Minister Kamal Patel, M.P on Wednesday.
The proceedings of the 138th meeting of the Mandi Board dated March 9, 2022 were confirmed, the follow-up report was submitted on the decision taken in the 138th meeting of the Mandi Board.
The construction of the proposed Farmers Hall and Sangoshthi Bhavan was mainly discussed in 21 market committees.
Chairman instructed to determine the usefulness of the said work by completing the test within the time limit. The proposal to set up a payment gateway for the process of payment of funds in the market committees was passed unanimously. Agreed on the proposal of reimbursing market fee on wheat exported from Madhya Pradesh, along with the proposal of appointing a service provider for the efficient operation of the Agricultural Export Cell.
The Board of Directors was informed about the progress of the MP Farm Gate app being operated in the Agricultural Produce Market Committees of the state that till date 11514 farmers have sold 45.22 lakh quintals of various agricultural produce using the said app.
In-principle consent was given to set up color sortex plants in 21 market committees.
Chairman instructed to prepare an action plan to make the mandis state-of-the-art, all-facilitated, so that the farmers can sell agricultural produce in the maximum number of mandis.
In the meeting of the Board of Directors, Mandi Board Vice President Manju Rajendra Dadu, Ashok Varnwal, Additional Chief Secretary, Madhya Pradesh Government Agriculture Department, M. Selvendran, Director Agriculture, Alok Kumar Singh, Commissioner, Registrar Cooperative Societies, GV Rashmi, Managing Director, MP State Agricultural Marketing Board Bhopal were present.