The ground-breaking ceremony of the sub-market premises of Ahilyanagar Agricultural Produce Market Committee was held at Chichondi Patil.
On this occasion, Water Resources Minister and Guardian Minister of the district Hon. Shri. Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil Saheb, MLA Shivaji Kardile, former MP Dr. Sujay Vikhe Patil, former MLA Babanrao Pachpute, Bhanudas Kotkar, Akshay Kardile, Diliprao Bhalsingh, Avinash Ghule, Sachin Jagtap, Bhausaheb Ghote, Surendra Gandhi, District Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Societies Mangesh Suravase, Shubhangi Gound, Haribhau Kardile and other dignitaries were present on this platform.
The Ahilyanagar Agricultural Produce Market Committee, which was started in 1954, has been continuously maintaining a progress graph and has become famous as a place of farmers' rights. A modern system is being set up through the committee at Nepti and Chichondi Patil. The Marketing Department is implementing many schemes for the benefit of farmers and G.I. The tag has been given. Work is underway to create facilities for export. Export facilities will also be provided to Ahilyanagar Market Committee. Fruit crops are produced in large quantities in the district. In order to export these fruit crops and benefit the farmers more, arrangements will be made by the Marketing Board to provide training to the children of farmers in export. Arrangements will also be made to deliver the vegetables of the farmers of the state to the Dubai market.
An e-NAM system has been created through the Central and State Governments and 133 market committees have been connected through it. Through this, farmers can get market prices of the state, country and the world immediately. Funds will be provided to the market committees from the Chief Minister's Agricultural Produce Market Committee Strengthening Scheme of Rs 2,500 crore. A state-of-the-art export system is being set up on 122 acres at Bapgaon near Kalyan and it will greatly benefit the farmers, it was said on this occasion.
In this program, loan cheques were distributed to women's self-help groups under UMEAD by dignitaries. The program was attended by a large number of office bearers, officers, citizens and women of the Agricultural Produce Market Committees.
