The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION

TECHNOLOGY

HYDERABAD

SUBMITTED BY: Anubhav Jain

BATCH: 2010-2014

PROGRAMME: B.F.Tech

MENTORED BY: Mr.Anant Phani ,Asst. Proff.

NIFT, Hyderabad.

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CONTENTS

TOPICS PAGE NO.

INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………... 3

ASSIGNED FUNCTION……………………………………………………..4

PRODUCTS MONITORED………………………………………………….4

COMPOSITION OF THE APEDA AUTHORITY…………………………..5

APEDA’S PRESENCE……………………………………………………….6

REGISTRATION PROCEDURE WITH APEDA…………………………...8

ONLINE SERVICES………………………………………………………...10

DISCOUNT OFFERS………………………………………………………..13

HOW E-GOVERNANCE IS HELPFULL IN ECONIMICAL……………...13

AND SOCIAL GROWTH OF THE NATION?

REVENUE MODEL…………………………………………………………14

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INTRODUCTION

The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) was

established by the Government of India under the Agricultural and Processed Food Products

Export Development Authority Act passed by the Parliament in December, 1985. The Act (2 of

1986) came into effect from 13th February, 1986 by a notification issued in the Gazette of India:

Extraordinary: Part-II [Sec. 3(ii): 13.2.1986). The Authority replaced the Processed Food Export

Promotion Council (PFEPC).

ASSIGNED FUNCTIONS

In accordance with the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority

Act, 1985, (2 of 1986) the following functions have been assigned to the Authority.

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Development of industries relating to the scheduled products for export by way of

providing financial assistance or otherwise for undertaking surveys and feasibility

studies, participation in enquiry capital through joint ventures and other reliefs and

subsidy schemes;

Registration of persons as exporters of the scheduled products on payment of such fees as

may be prescribed;

Fixing of standards and specifications for the scheduled products for the purpose of

exports;

Carrying out inspection of meat and meat products in slaughter houses, processing plants,

storage premises, conveyances or other places where such products are kept or handled

for the purpose of ensuring the quality of such products;

Improving of packaging of the Scheduled products;

Improving of marketing of the Scheduled products outside India;

Promotion of export oriented production and development of the Scheduled products;

Collection of statistics from the owners of factories or establishments engaged in the

production, processing, packaging, marketing or export of the scheduled products or

from such other persons as may be prescribed on any matter relating to the scheduled

products and publication of the statistics so collected or of any portions thereof or

extracts there from;

Training in various aspects of the industries connected with the scheduled products;

Such other matters as may be prescribed.

PRODUCTS MONITORED

APEDA is mandated with the responsibility of export promotion and development of the

following scheduled products:

Fruits, Vegetables and their Products.

Meat and Meat Products.

Poultry and Poultry Products.

Dairy Products.

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Confectionery, Biscuits and Bakery Products.

Honey, Jaggery and Sugar Products.

Cocoa and its products, chocolates of all kinds.

Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Beverages.

Cereal and Cereal Products.

Groundnuts, Peanuts and Walnuts.

Pickles, Papads and Chutneys.

Guar Gum.

Floriculture and Floriculture Products

Herbal and Medicinal Plants

In addition to this, APEDA has been entrusted with the responsibility to monitor import of sugar.

COMPOSITION OF THE APEDA AUTHORITY

As prescribed by the statute, the APEDA Authority consists of the following members namely:

A Chairman, appointed by the Central Government

The Agricultural Marketing Advisor to the Government of India, ex-officio

One member appointed by the Central Government representing the Planning

Commission

Three members of Parliament of whom two are elected by the House of People and one

by the Council of States

Eight members appointed by the Central Government representing respectively; the

Ministries of the Central Govt.

Agriculture and Rural Development

Commerce

Finance

Industry

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Food

Civil Supplies

Civil Aviation

Shipping and transport

Five members appointed by the Central Government by rotation in the alphabetical order

to represent the States and the Union Territories

Seven members appointed by the Central Govt. representing

Indian Council of Agricultural Research

National Horticultural Board

National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation

Central Food Technological Research Institute

Indian Institute of Packaging

Spices Export Promotion Council and

Cashew Export Promotion Council.

Twelve members appointed by the Central Government representing

o Fruit and Vegetable Products Industries

o Meat, Poultry and Dairy Products Industries

o Other Scheduled Products Industries

o Packaging Industry

Two members appointed by the Central Government from amongst specialists and

scientists in the fields of agriculture, economics and marketing of the scheduled products.

APEDA’S PRESENCE

APEDA has marked its presence in almost all agro potential states of India and has been

providing services to agri-export community through its head office, five Regional offices and 13

Virtual offices.

Head office

New Delhi

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Regional offices

• Mumbai,

• Kolkata,

• Bangalore,

• Hyderabad and

• Guwahati

Virtual offices

• Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala),

• Bhubaneshwar (Orissa),

• Srinagar (J&K),

• Chandigarh,

• Imphal (Manipur),

• Agartala (tripura),

• Kohima (Nagaland),

• Chennai (Tamil Nadu),

• Raipur (Chattisgarh),

• Ahmedabad (Gujarat),

• Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh),

• Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) and

• Panaji (Goa)

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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 / prospective exporters by these virtual

offices.

REGISTRATION PROCEDURE WITH APEDA:

Following is the registration form for registration in APEDA

Ref. No. APEDA/REGN DATED:

Subject: Registration Procedure with APEDA

Dear Sir,

Please refer to your letter/E-mail/personal visit dated………………………… regarding

registration with APEDA.

Kindly arrange to submit the following documents:-

1. Application form duly filled and signed by authorized signatory.

2. Self certified copy of Import-Export code issued by D.G.F.T.

3. List of Directors/Partners/Proprietor on company’s letterhead in triplicate.

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4. Pvt. Ltd./Public Ltd. Co.’s/societies should forward a copy of their Memorandum

and Article of Association and Partnership firms should forward a copy of

partnership deed attested by notary.

5. Self certified copy of PAN issued by Income Tax Department.

6. The company should compulsorily mention their e-mail ID, phone and fax

number etc. in their application.

7. In case the exporter desires to register as Manufacturer Exporter, he should

furnish the copy of company’s registration with FFO, Directorate of Industries,

State Dept. of Horticulture/Agmark/EIA etc.

8. Bank certificate duly signed by the Authorities.

9. In case of Registration of Merchant Exporter for Meat and Meat Products please

indicate the arrangement made with manufacturers whose products are to be

exported.

10. Cash or DD/Pay Order of Rs. 5000/- towards registration may be made in favor of

APEDA payable to Specific APEDA office where the request has been made for

Seeking RCMC.

Yours faithfully

Registration Officer

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For Re-registration following activities needs to be performed:

1. Surrender old RCMC issued from APEDA

2. 2. Submit all documents and fees along with application form for re-registration with

APEDA.

Please follow Registration procedure.

ONLINE SERVICES

i-Track System :

An Integrated System for APEDA registered member exporter to:

o Update Company Profile

o Submit Monthly Export Returns (Party Returns)

o Apply for Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS)

o Apply for Market Development Assistance Scheme (MDA)

o Apply for Transport Assistance Subsidy (TAS)

o Apply for Registration-Cum-Allocation Certificate (RCAC) - Exporter of Rice

o It is mandatory for APEDA registered member exporter to apply / submit details online

for all the above mentioned activities and iTrack System acts as an interface for exporter

to apply /submit details to APEDA.

o This system also provides a facility for APEDA registered member exporter to check the

status of already submitted schemes applications using the Application Tracking No.

(ATN) / Application No. (in the case of RCAC) that gets generated as a reference no.at

the time of submission of application/details online.

o iTrack System generates the "Application Form" for schemes applications and RCAC

along with an "Acknowledgement" (in the case of APEDA Schemes application).

o Exporter should print the "Application Form" and the "Acknowledgement" (in the case of

APEDA Schemes application) generated by iTrack System and submit it along with other

support documents to appropriate APEDA office.

o To use iTrack system, the exporter need to login with APEDA RCMC No., User ID and

password provided by APEDA at the time of registration of membership (RCMC).

o Register as Member

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o Exporter's Login

o APEDA's Internal User

Traceability

Main function of these services

Registration of Pomegranates Farm by State Horticulture Department

Residue Analysis and Agmark Inspection by Laboratories

Consignment Creation, online application for issue of CAG & PSC

Certificate of Agmark Grading (CAG) by Regional Agmark Office(s)

Issue of Phytosanitary Certificate by PSC Authorities

Monitoring of Residue Analysis by NRL

o GrapeNet

o AnarNet

o TraceNet

o Peanut.Net

An internet based electronic services offered by APEDA to the stakeholders for facilitating

testing and certification of Grapes for export from India to the European Union in compliance

with the standards identified by NRC Pune, on the basis of consultation with the exporters. They

collects, stores and reports – forward and backward traces and quality assurance data entered by

the stakeholders, ie., exporters, laboratories and PSC authorities within the Grapes supply chain

in India.

Financial Assistance Schemes –

o Schemes for Market Development

o Schemes for Infrastructure Development

o Schemes for Quality Development

o Schemes for Research and Development

o Checklist for Applicants While Filing Application for Financial Assistance Under

Apeda Schemes

o Transport Assistance 2007-12

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o Inland Transport Assistance Scheme for North East Region of India

o Marketing Developement Assistamce Scheme (Revised Guidelines W.E.F.

01.04.2006)

For seeking Financial Assistance exporters are requested to submit online application

through Exporter's Login

Agri Exchange Portal

Exporter's Status :

Exporters are requested to update their company profile onto APEDA website using user

ID and Password already provided by APEDA.

This will enable the exporters to submit monthly party return onto the APEDA website

and to use other Online facilities available on APEDA website.

News Clippings

APEDA e-mail System

Latest Exports Statistics

Banner Ad Tariff

APEDA has provided a facility for all its stakeholders to host banner advertisement at

APEDA website. This will enable them to publicize their company, products and services

to the target audience. Presently, the facility for banner hosting is for three sections one at

home page, second at product page and third at event page.

HOME PAGE - Reach out to a global audience through the AEPDA platform.

PRODUCT PAGE - The products section pages give a dominant position in the

respective sections and gives the unique positioning for the products dealt and company.

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EVENT PAGE - Your presence on event page enables to reach all people wanting to

know about the events participated by APEDA.

DISCOUNT OFFERS

APEDA is pleased to announce discount offers on banner Ad tariff to the stakeholders for market

promotion of their products and services on APEDA website and Agri Exchange Trade portal:

A 30% discount will be offered to the exporters / stakeholders approaching APEDA.

A special discount of Rs 10,000/- will be offered to the APEDA Export Award Winners

for the year 2009-10 and 2010-11 on booking of annual Advertisement.

Service tax would be charged extra as applicable.

HOW E-GOVERNANCE IS HELPFULL IN ECONIMICAL AND SOCIAL GROWTH

OF THE NATION?

The use of IT to improve the ability of government to address the needs of society. It includes

the publishing of policy and programme related information to transact with citizens. It extends

beyond provision of on‐line services and covers the use of IT for strategic planning and reaching

development goals of the government. This website helps the viewers to register their products

for certification.

This helps in providing easy access to the users in applying for certification.

REVENUE MODEL

The revenue is basically generated from the Registration , certification , applications and availing

different services from the website . It provides financial assistance to the users.

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RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

This website should be more user friendly.

It is not easily for people who are new to these areas and who want to work further.

It provides helps to the existing firms only.

There should be a user recommendation box.