Shri. Devendra Fadnavis
Hon'ble Chief Minister,
Maharashtra State
Shri. Eknath Shinde
Hon'ble Deputy Chief Minister,
Maharashtra State
Shri. Ajit Pawar
Hon'ble Deputy Chief Minister,
Maharashtra State
Shri. Jaykumar Rawal
Hon’ble Minister of Marketing
and Protocol, Maharashtra State
Shri. Pravin Darade, IAS
Principal Secretary
Co-operation, Marketing and Textile,
Maharashtra State
Shri. Vikas Rasal
Director of Marketing,
Maharashtra State
About Us
The State is implementing ‘Hon. Balasaheb Thackeray Agribusiness and Rural Transformation (SMART)’ Project with the financial support of the World Bank. The objective of the project is to support the development of inclusive and competitive agriculture value chains, focusing on smallholder farmers and Agri-entrepreneurs in Maharashtra. This would be achieved by expanding access to new and organized markets for producers and enterprises with complementary investments in technical services and risk management capabilities.
About Project Implementing Units (PIUs) - Directorate of Marketing
Office of Directorate of Marketing, Maharashtra State, Pune (DoM), is responsible for regulation of the marketing activities of agricultural products in Maharashtra under Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development and Regulation) Act,1963 (MAPM Act) and Rules,1967. DoM mainly supervises overall activities of Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs) established in the state in order to provide fair price to the agricultural produce of farmers sold and purchased in the APMCs. DoM also issues various licenses like Direct Marketing License, Private Market and Single license under MAPM Act to eligible persons and entities to promote alternate market players and investment in the Agri-Marketing Sector of the State.
Our Activities
Enhanced Regulatory Effectiveness
Outreach activities on Market Reforms & Regulations Publications on Regulations & Reforms for Stakeholders Website Development Setting up of Call Center & Help Desk Advertisements for marketing related activities in project Workshops for alternate market channels
Training and Capacity Building of APMC Staff
Service Provider for TNA, Development of training modules Printing of Training Material Conducting training workshops for APMC staff Tie-up with Institutes for trainings Exposure visits within state Exposure visits outside State
Monitoring and Report on Market Functioning
Development of market health indicators tools for markets in Maharashtra Dissemination of markets rankings Training workshops on market health indicators to stakeholders
Enhance Dispute Resolution Functions
Outreach activities Development of Online and Call Center based system for reporting disputes Decentralization of power for dispute resolution to field officers (trainings, capacity building)
Enhance Ease of Doing Business - Agri Marketing
IT based systems
Who's Who
Shri. Vikas Rasal
Director & PIU-Head, Directorate of Marketing
Shri. Rajendrakumar Darade
Joint Director & Nodal Officer, Directorare of Marketing
Shri. Shahuraj Hire
Technical Officer
Shri. Rajendra Palekar
Technical Officer
Shri. Sandeep Ingale
Information Technology Expert
Shri. Swapnil Petkar
Statistician
Smt. Reshma Patil
Accountant
Nilesh Dhumal
Assistant
Contact Us
Office Address
Project Implementing Unit
Directorate Of Marketing, SMART Project
3rd Floor, New Central Bulding,
Ambedkar Wellesly Rd,
Pune, Maharashtra 411001.
Tel.: 020 26126628,26126785.
email-dirmktms@gmail.com