1.10.9. Organization of Regulated Markets

♤ Regulated markets have been organized with a view to protect the farmers from the malpractices of sellers and brokers. The management of such markets is done by a market committee which has nominees of the State Government, local bodies, arhatiyas, brokers and farmers. Thus all interests are represented on the committee. These committees are appointed by the Government for a specified period of time. Important functions performed by the committees can be summarized as follows.

o Fixation of charges for weighing, brokerages etc.,

o Prevention of unauthorized deductions, underhand dealings, and wrong practices by the arhatiyas,

o Enforcing the use of standardized weights,

o Providing up to date and reliable market information to the farmers, and

o Settling of disputes among the parties arising out of market operations.