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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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1.3 COMPOSITION OF THE APEDA AUTHORITY

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.

1.4 ADMINISTRATIVE SET UP

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.

1.5 APEDA'S PRESENCE

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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