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ABOUTAPEDA
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) was established by the
APEDAACT
GovernmentofIndiaundertheAgriculturalandProcessedFoodProductsExportDevelopmentAuthorityActpassedby
ANNUALADMINISTRATIVE
the Parliament in December, 1985. The Act (2 of 1986) came into effect from 13th February, 1986 by a notification
REPORT
issued in the Gazette of India: Extraordinary: PartII [Sec. 3(ii): 13.2.1986). The Authority replaced the Processed
ANNUALACCOUNTSREPORT
FoodExportPromotionCouncil(PFEPC).
REGISTRATIONPROCEDURE
1.1 ASSIGNED FUNCTIONS
APEDAFUNCTIONARIES
InaccordancewiththeAgriculturalandProcessedFoodProductsExportDevelopmentAuthorityAct,1985,(2of1986)
FEEDBACK
thefollowingfunctionshavebeenassignedtotheAuthority.
CONTACTUS
Developmentofindustriesrelatingtothescheduledproductsforexportbywayofprovidingfinancialassistance
or otherwise for undertaking surveys and feasibility studies, participation in enquiry capital through joint
ONLINE SERVICES venturesandotherreliefsandsubsidyschemes
Registrationofpersonsasexportersofthescheduledproductsonpaymentofsuchfeesasmaybeprescribed
I-TRACK SYSTEM Fixingofstandardsandspecificationsforthescheduledproductsforthepurposeofexports
REGISTERASMEMBER Carrying out inspection of meat and meat products in slaughter houses, processing plants, storage premises,
conveyancesorotherplaceswheresuchproductsarekeptorhandledforthepurposeofensuringthequality
EXPORTER'SLOGIN
ofsuchproducts
APEDA'SINTERNALUSER ImprovingofpackagingoftheScheduledproducts
ImprovingofmarketingoftheScheduledproductsoutsideIndia
TRACEABILITY
PromotionofexportorientedproductionanddevelopmentoftheScheduledproducts
HORTINET
Collection of statistics from the owners of factories or establishments engaged in the production, processing,
PEANUT.NET packaging,marketingorexportofthescheduledproductsorfromsuchotherpersonsasmaybeprescribedon
any matter relating to the scheduled products and publication of the statistics so collected or of any portions
TRACENET thereoforextractstherefrom
MEAT.NET Traininginvariousaspectsoftheindustriesconnectedwiththescheduledproducts
Suchothermattersasmaybeprescribed.
EXPORTER'SSTATUS
1.2 PRODUCTS MONITORED
NEWSCLIPPINGS
APEDAEMAILSYSTEM APEDAismandatedwiththeresponsibilityofexportpromotionanddevelopmentofthefollowingscheduledproducts:
Fruits,VegetablesandtheirProducts.
MeatandMeatProducts.
PoultryandPoultryProducts.
DairyProducts.
Confectionery,BiscuitsandBakeryProducts.
Honey,JaggeryandSugarProducts.
Cocoaanditsproducts,chocolatesofallkinds.
AlcoholicandNonAlcoholicBeverages.
CerealandCerealProducts.
Groundnuts,PeanutsandWalnuts.
Pickles,PapadsandChutneys.
GuarGum.
FloricultureandFloricultureProducts.
HerbalandMedicinalPlants.
Inadditiontothis,APEDAhasbeenentrustedwiththeresponsibilitytomonitorimportofsugar.
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Asprescribedbythestatute,theAPEDAAuthorityconsistsofthefollowingmembersnamely:
AChairman,appointedbytheCentralGovernment
TheAgriculturalMarketingAdvisortotheGovernmentofIndia,exoffical.
OnememberappointedbytheCentralGovernmentrepresentingthePlanningCommission
ThreemembersofParliamentofwhomtwoareelectedbytheHouseofPeopleandonebytheCouncilofStates
Eight members appointed by the Central Government representing respectively the Ministries of the Central
Govt.
(i)AgricultureandRuralDevelopment
(ii)Commerce
(iii)Finance
(iv)Industry
(v)Food
(vi)CivilSupplies
(vii)CivilAviation
(viii)Shippingandtransport
FivemembersappointedbytheCentralGovernmentbyrotationinthealphabeticalordertorepresenttheStates
andtheUnionTerritories
SevenmembersappointedbytheCentralGovt.representing
(i)IndianCouncilofAgriculturalResearch
(ii)NationalHorticulturalBoard
(iii)NationalAgriculturalCooperativeMarketingFederation
(iv)CentralFoodTechnologicalResearchInstitute
(v)IndianInstituteofPackaging
(vi)SpicesExportPromotionCounciland
(vii)CashewExportPromotionCouncil.
TwelvemembersappointedbytheCentralGovernmentrepresenting
FruitandVegetableProductsIndustries
Meat,PoultryandDairyProductsIndustries
OtherScheduledProductsIndustries
PackagingIndustry
TwomembersappointedbytheCentralGovernmentfromamongstspecialistsandscientistsinthefieldsofagriculture,
economicsandmarketingofthescheduledproducts.
ChairmanAppointedbytheCentralGovernment
DirectorAppointedbyAPEDA
SecretaryAppointedbytheCentralGovernment
OtherOfficersandStaffAppointedbytheAuthority
Section7(3)oftheAPEDAActprovidesforappointmentofsuchofficersandemployeesbytheAuthorityasmaybe
necessaryfortheefficientperformanceofitsfunctions.
Thetotalsanctionedstaffstrengthis124indifferentcategoriesofA,B,C&D.
At present, APEDA has a total of 30 female employees in Group A, B and C categories. The welfare of the female
employeesisalsowelllookedafter.APEDAhasprovidedaseparateladiesroomwithintheofficepremises.
As per Govt. norms, the reservation for physically handicapped persons is 3% of the total strength in all grades.
APEDA has total sanctioned staff strength of 124 out of which two are physically handicapped employees. The
requirementof3%willbecompletedinsubsequentrecruitments.
APEDA has marked its presence in almost all agro potential states of India and has been providing services to agri
exportcommunitythroughitsheadoffice,fiveRegionalofficesand13Virtualoffices.
HEAD OFFICE
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NewDelhi
REGIONAL OFFICES
Mumbai
Kolkata
Bangalore
Hyderabadand
Guwahati
VIRTUAL OFFICES
Thiruvananthapuram(Kerala)
Bhubaneshwar(Orissa)
Srinagar(J&K)
Chandigarh
Imphal(Manipur)
Agartala(tripura)
Kohima(Nagaland)
Chennai(TamilNadu)
Raipur(Chattisgarh)
Ahmedabad(Gujarat)
Bhopal(MadhyaPradesh)
Lucknow(UttarPradesh)and
Panaji(Goa)
The Virtual offices have been established in association with respective State Governments / agencies. Basic
information about APEDA, its functions, registration and financial assistance schemes etc. is being made available to
entrepreneurs/prospectiveexportersbythesevirtualoffices.
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