{"id":13838,"date":"2026-06-05T13:02:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T07:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13838"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:42:13","slug":"agricultural-and-processed-food-products-export-development-authority-apeda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/agricultural-and-processed-food-products-export-development-authority-apeda\/","title":{"rendered":"Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) facilitated the flagging off of the first-ever sea shipment of botanical-infused ready-to-cook millet functional foods from Karnataka to New Zealand.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>statutory body<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> established by the Government of India under the <\/span><b>Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in December, 1985.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Nodal Ministry:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It works under the <\/span><b>Ministry of Commerce and Industry.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Objective:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To develop and <\/span><b>promote the export of scheduled products.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">APEDA is headed by a <\/span><b>Chairman appointed by the Central Government.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Headquarters:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> New Delhi<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">APEDA has set up 15 Regional Offices at Mumbai, Bengaluru, Telangana, Kolkata, Guwahati, Ahmedabad, Varanasi, Chandigarh, Bhopal, Chennai, Kochi, Tripura, Srinagar, Jammu, and Ladakh<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Functions of APEDA<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Setting the standards<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and specifications for the scheduled products.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Registration of exporters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the scheduled products on payment of required fees.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Carrying out an inspection<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of products to ensure the quality of such products.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Training in various aspects of the industries connected with the scheduled products.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Development of industries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> relating to the scheduled products and undertaking surveys, feasibility studies, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is responsible for providing <\/span><b>financial assistance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, information, and guidelines for the development of scheduled products.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also functions as the Secretariat to the <\/span><b>National Accreditation Board<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (NAB) for the implementation of accreditation of the Certification Bodies under <\/span><b>National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) for Organic exports.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2268942&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority is a statutory body established by the Government of India under the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act in December, 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