NICNET Based Agricultural Marketing Information ... - Agmarknet

National Informatics Centre Project Implementation Guidelines – AGMARKNETPortal of Agricultural Informatics Division5. Directorate of Marketing & Inspection (DMI) - Sponsoring AgencyThe Directorate Of Marketing and Inspection (DMI), headed by Agricultural Marketing Advisorto the Government of India (AMA), implements agricultural marketing programmes of theCentral Government, under the supervision and control of the Central Ministry of Agriculture.DMI aims at bringing integrated development of marketing of agricultural and allied produce inthe country, and maintains a close liaison between the Central and State Governments through itsregional offices (11) and sub-offices (37) spread all over the country. DMI has a network of 22regional Agmark Laboratories with its Central Agmark Laboratory at Nagpur. Its thrust areas /functional responsibilities include :-• promotion of standardization and grading of agricultural and allied produce;• market research and surveys;NIC-AGRID-AGMARKNET-PIG-001 Version 1.2 Release: 20/07/2004 Page 13 of 40