UPSC Prelims 2015 Question:

In India, markets in agricultural products are regulated under the

Explanation:

• Agricultural produce wholesale is governed by the Agricultural Produce Marketing Acts of various state governments. The Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act empowers state governments to notify commodities, designate markets and market areas where regulated trade occurs, and establish APMCs that are accountable for market functioning. An entire state is divided and declared a market area, with markets governed by Market Committees formed by state governments.
  
  
• APMC's goals are as follows: developing an efficient marketing system, promoting agri-processing and agricultural exports, specifying procedures and systems for establishing an effective infrastructure for agricultural produce marketing.
  
  

Therefore, option (2) is the correct answer.

Subject: Economics | Agriculture and Food Management