About RMC Gunupur

REGULATED MARKET COMMITTEE

       A Regulated Market committee (RMC) is a democratically elected body consisting of elected members from different constituencies such as farmers, traders, farmer’s cooperatives, local urban bodies etc. Generally the concerned sub-collector or collector, under whose jurisdiction an RMC falls, is nominated as the chairman of the RMC.

A Regulated Market aims at realisation of three major objectives, such as:

• Ensuring correct weighment for the produces of the farmers, so that he is not cheated by the middlemen/wholesalers/semi-wholesalers etc.
• Ensuring prompt payment to the farmers for his produce immediately his produces are sold.
• Avoidance of exploitation in the hands of middlemen.

Activities

• Enforcement of the Orissa Agriculture Produce Market Act 1961.
  
• Provision of Market Facilities.
• Promotion of awareness among farmers through Information, Education and Communication about better agricultural marketing.
• Ensuring minimum support price to farmers for their produce.
• Enhancement of economic standard of farmers.
• Promotion of cultural harmony among people.
• Provision of better opportunities for social construction.

Commitments

• To provide all possible marketing assistance to the farmers of Gunupur Sub-Division of Orissa and users to ensure that producers, sellers and purchasers have faith in fairness and transparency in the functioning of the Market Committee.
• To make RMC, Gunupur an example of glocalisation, by integrating the local resources and global technologies.
• Always opened it's door for any interested farmers/ agricultural institution to have an intellectual exercise and exchange of ideas.

Future Plans

• Promotion of agricultural activities.
• Modernization of existing markets
• Establishment of Cool Chambers for the ripe fruits
• Augmentation of massive link to Market Yards and major produce villages.
• Organisation of farmer's awareness camps and training programmes.
• Organisation of farmer's study tour.
• Strengthening of Gunupur Regulated Market Committee.
• Organisation of seminars & workshops to accelerate innovative skills among the farmers.
• Promotion of Agro Processing Industries to establish forward linkage.
• Establishment of "Amar Baazar" at Block Head Quarters.