♤ The State Agricultural Marketing Board made specifically responsible for:

o setting up of a separate marketing extension cell in the Board to provide market-led extension services to farmers;

o promoting grading, standardization and quality certification of notified agricultural produce and for the purpose to set up a separate Agricultural Produce Marketing Standards Bureau.

♤ Funds of the State Agricultural Marketing Board permitted to be utilized for promoting either on its own or through public private partnership, for the following:

o Market survey, research, grading, standardization, quality certification, etc.;

o Development of quality testing and communication infrastructure.

o Development of media, cyber and long distance infrastructure relevant to marketing of agricultural and allied commodities.