Directorate of Agriculture Economics & Marketing (Punjab)

Directorate of Agriculture Economics & Marketing (Punjab)

Directorate of Agriculture Economics & Marketing is one of the allied attached departments of the Agriculture Department of Punjab. The Department of Agriculture (Economics & Marketing) was established in 1967. The objective of the department is to increase the producers share in consumers rupee. The department conducts, publishes and disseminates commodity survey and marketing research reports. The department is also regulating the sale and purchase of agriculture produce through the institutions called market committees throughout the Punjab. It has administrative and supervisory control over regulated agriculture markets and market committees:. The official website of the department is http://marketing.agripunjab.gov.pk/.

The department is performing the following functions:

• Supervision of Market Committees in accordance with PAPM, Ordinance, 1978 and Rules framed thereunder
• Managing Agricultural Produce Markets through Market Committees
• Provision of facilities at Wheat Procurement Centers through market committees and supervise the same
• Establishment of New Markets
• Collection and dissemination of marketing information
• Releasing daily price Bulletin
• Publish and disseminate market analysis reports on various crops
• Supervision of Ramadan Bazaars
• Improvement of Agricultural Marketing System
• Training of members, staff and functionaries of the regulated markets

Agriculture Marketing Information Service (AMIS) Punjab

Directorate of Agriculture (E&M) has establish Agriculture Marketing Information Service (AMIS). The AMIS is aimed at enhancement of efficiency in marketing system through provision of timely, reliable and usable market information to the growers and other marketing stakeholders i.e. traders, processors, exporters, importers, consumers and policy makers. Moreover, AMIS provides efficient flow of market information which enabling the producer to optimize their resource allocation to more profitable enterprises. Further, real-time information on prices and marketing flows assisting in efficient flow of commodities between surplus and deficit areas resulting in better incomes for the producers and stable prices for the consumers. Similarly matching production with demand by making the farmer aware about seasonal price and demand pattern. Agriculture Marketing Information System (Punjab) is a big help for the traders and producers to decide where, when and at what rate to sell their produce, resulting in optimization of profits and additional means to invest in further enhancement of production. To achieve the said objective a website www.amis.pk has been developed which is connected with 135 Market Committees of the province. On the website, the daily wholesale prices of 122 agricultural commodities are available in English as well as in Urdu to facilitate the visitors. It is a robust website with different important information like daily wholesale prices of agricultural commodities, daily arrival, agriculture statistics of the country, support prices of agriculture commodities, district wise crop data, international commodity prices, world crop data, import and export data of agricultural commodities, quality standards, pre-feasibility standards and lot of other information related to agriculture marketing. Moreover, Monthly Agriculture Marketing Roundup is being published on regular basis in which complete price and supply analysis is given for the information of growers, traders, exporters, importers and policy makers. For easy access through mobile phone, an Android-based application named AMIS PUNJAB has been published on Google Play to help user fetch daily wholesale prices as per choice.

Punjab Institute of Agriculture Marketing (PIAM)

Punjab Institute of Agriculture Marketing (PIAM) is a training institute of the department. It conducts training for capacity building of staff of Agricultural Marketing & Market Committees for better deliverance and enhancement of market efficiency. This institute also conducts training for growers, traders and other stakeholders to enhance profitability in agribusiness, understand market signals, reduce post-harvest losses, increase value addition, compliance of quality standards, understand changes in the world markets etc.

Market Committees of Punjab

Punjab province is divided into 135 notified areas. There is one Market Committee for every notified area. Market Committees are self sustaining entities which earn income from market fee, license fee etc. A Market Committee is a corporate body. It exercises control on sale and purchase of agriculture produce in its area notified.

The Agriculture Produce Markets Act. 1939 was promulgated on the recommendation of royal commission constituted by the British India Government during 1927. The sole intention of the act was to regulate the Agri. Business so as to do away the evils and vices which ultimately tended to the deprivation of the grower from his fair return of his produce. The Market committees were established under the provisions of above said act which were assigned Nobel pursuit.i.e. Safeguard the interest of grower.

The Act of 1939 was replaced by the Punjab Local Government Act, 1975, but for legal and technical reasons, the provisions of the act could not be enforced. Later the relevant provisions of the Punjab Local Government Act, 1975 were replaced by the Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Ordinance (PAPMO), 1978 and Rules were farmed during 1979.

Marketing Committees are performing the following functions:

• Enforcement of PAPM Ordinance 1978 and (G) Rules 1979
• Establishment of agriculture produce markets under Rule-67 of PAPM (G) Rules 1979
• Regulation the sale and purchase of agricultural produce
• Maintenance of agri. produce markets
• Collection and dissemination of market information
• Provision of facilities to the growers at Food/ PASSCO/ Sugarcane purchase centers
• Establishment of Fair Price Shops in Ramadan Bazars
• Supervision of Ramadan Bazars with the coordination of district administration

Ordinance and Rules of Market Committee of Punjab

Market Committees in the Punjab are governed under the following Ordinance and Rules:

• The Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Ordinance, 1978
• The Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets (General) Rules, 1979

List of Market Committees in Punjab and their Classification

There are 135 Market Committees working in the Punjab province. Based on their income and performance, these Market Committees are divided in 3 Classes i.e. A Class, B Class and C Class. List is as under

District	Market Committee Name	Class
Lahore	Lahore (Badami Bagh)	A
Lahore	Kot Lakhpat	A
Sheikhupura	Muridke	A
Nankana Sahib	Nankana Sahib	A
Kasur	Pattoki	A
Gujranwala	Gujranwala	A
Mandi Bahaudin	Mandi Bahaudin	A
Sialkot	Sialkot	A
Sargodha	Sargodha	A
Bhakhar	Bhakhar	A
Bhakhar	Kalur Kot	A
Faisalabad	Faisalabad	A
Faisalabad	Jaranwala	A
Jhang	Jhang	A
Chiniot	Chiniot	A
Toba Tek Singh	Toba Tek Singh	A
Toba Tek Singh	Gojra	A
Multan	Multan	A
Lodhran	Dunyapur	A
Khanewal	Khanewal	A
Khanewal	Mianchannu	A
Sahiwal	Sahiwal	A
Sahiwal	Chicha Watni	A
Okara	Okara	A
Okara	Depalpur	A
Pakpattan	Pakpattan	A
Pakpattan	Arifwala	A
Vehari	Vehari	A
Vehari	Burewala	A
Vehari	Mailsi	A
Bahawalnagar	Bahawalnagar	A
Bahawalnagar	Chistian	A
Bahawalnagar	Haroonabad	A
Bahawalpur	Bahawalpur	A
Bahawalpur	Ahmed Pur East	A
Bahawalpur	Hasilpur	A
Rahim Yar Khan	Rahim Yar Khan	A
Rahim Yar Khan	Sadiqabad	A
Rahim Yar Khan	Khanpur	A
Dera Ghazi Khan	Dera Ghazi Khan	A
Layyah	Layyah	A
Muzaffarghar	Kot Adu	A
Lahore	Multan Road	B
Sheikhupura	Sheikhupura	B
Nankana Sahib	Sangla Hill	B
Kasur	Chunian	B
Kasur	Phoolnagar	B
Gujranwala	Kamoke	B
Hafizabad	Hafizabad	B
Gujrat	Gujrat	B
Sialkot	Daska	B
Sialkot	Pasrur	B
Rawalpindi	Rawalpindi	B
Jehlum	Jehlum	B
Sargodha	Bhalwal	B
Sargodha	Sillanwali	B
Khushab	Jauharabad	B
Mianwali	Mianwali	B
Faisalabad	Chak Jhumra	B
Faisalabad	Sumandari	B
Faisalabad	Tandilianwala	B
Faisalabad	Manukangan	B
Jhang	Shorkot	B
Toba Tek Singh	Kamalia	B
Toba Tek Singh	Pir Mahal	B
Multan	Shujaabad	B
Multan	Jalalpur Pirwala	B
Lodhran	Lodhran	B
Lodhran	Kehror Pacca	B
Khanewal	Jahanian	B
Khanewal	Abdul Hakim	B
Khanewal	Kabirwala	B
Okara	Renala Khurd	B
Okara	Hujra Shah Muqeem	B
Bahawalnagar	Fortabbas	B
Bahawalnagar	Minchinabad	B
Bahawalpur	Yazman	B
Rahim Yar Khan	Liaqatpur	B
Dera Ghazi Khan	Taunsa Sharif	B
Layyah	Fatehpur	B
Muzaffargarh	Muzaffargarh	B
Muzaffargarh	Shahar Sultan	B
Rajanpur	Rajanpur	B
Rajanpur	Jampur	B
Lahore	Raiwind	C
Lahore	Singhpura	C
Sheikhupura	Farooqabad	C
Sheikhupura	Manawala	C
Sheikhupura	Safdarabad	C
Sheikhupura	Narang Mandi	C
Nankana Sahib	Warburton	C
Kasur	Kasur	C
Kasur	Kot Radha Kishan	C
Kasur	Kanganpur	C
Kasur	Khudian	C
Gujranwala	Eminabad	C
Gujranwala	Wazirabad	C
Gujranwala	Ghakkar	C
Gujranwala	Qila Dedar Singh	C
Gujranwala	Naushahran Virkan	C
Gujranwala	Alipur Chatta	C
Hafizabad	Pindi Bhattian	C
Hafizabad	Sukheke	C
Gujrat	Lala Musa	C
Gujrat	Dinga	C
Gujrat	Sarai e Alamgir	C
Gujrat	Jalalpur Jattan	C
Mandi Bahaudin	Malakwal	C
Sialkot	Sambrial	C
Narowal	Narowal	C
Narowal	Badomalhi	C
Narowal	Shakkargarh	C
Rawalpindi	Gujar Khan	C
Attock	Hazro	C
Attock	Hassan Abdal	C
Chakwal	Chakwal	C
Chakwal	Talagang	C
Chakwal	Chua Saidan Shah	C
Jehlum	Pinanwal	C
Sargodha	Phullarwan	C
Sargodha	Kot Momin	C
Khushab	Mitha Tiwana	C
Khushab	Quaidabad	C
Mianwali	Piplan	C
Jhang	Shah Jewana	C
Chiniot	Lalian	C
Multan	Qadirpur Rawan	C
Khanewal	Kacha Khuh	C
Sahiwal	Kassowal	C
Okara	Havali Lakha	C
Okara	Basirpur	C
Bahawalpur	Khapur Tamewali	C
Dera Ghazi Khan	Kot Chuttaa	C
Muzaffargarh	Alipur	C
Rajanpur	Rojhan	C

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