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Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University popularly known as HAU, is one of Asia's biggest agricultural universities, located at Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. It is named after India's seventh Prime Minister, Chaudhary Charan Singh. It is a leader in agricultural research in India and contributed significantly to Green Revolution and White Revolution in India in the 1960s and 70s. It has a very large campus and has several research centres throughout the state. It won the Indian Council of Agricultural Research's Award for the Best Institute in 1997. HAU was initially a campus of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. After the formation of Haryana in 1966, it became an autonomous institution on February 2, 1970 through a Presidential Ordinance, later ratified as Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act, 1970, passed by the Lok Sabha on March 29, 1970. A. L. Fletcher, the first Vice-Chancellor of the university, was instrumental in its initial growth.

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Subject: Agricultural Economics × Author: Sanjay × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2016 × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    A study on regulated markets in Haryana
    (CCSHAU, 2016) Sanjay; Sanjay Kumar
    The study was conducted in Haryana in 2014-15 to study the regulated markets of the state. It was revealed that huge investment has been made in recent years to equip the markets with required basic infrastructure facilities such as covered sheds, storage godowns, lighting, connectivity, parking space etc. Alongside this, many discrepancies also came to light, such as poor condition of market news and intelligence facilities in all the market yards and inadequacy of basic facilities such as drinking water and toilets. The main problem came out to be farmer‟s unawareness of rates and types of market charges to be paid by them that leaves a question mark on whether no unfair deduction is being made or not. Acute shortage of regulated markets was seen as per the recommendations of National Farmer‟s Commission in 2004. After studying the present condition of the selected markets following recommendations for further improvement of functioning of agricultural regulated markets in the state. Understanding the importance of timely and adequate market news and intelligence services, the market committees should properly use the facilities present such as notice board, ABIC and work for providing modern facilities to reduce dependence of farmers on unorganized sources of information. Proper implementation of free grading facility providing scheme of government by creating needed infrastructure and propaganda to highlights the benefits of grading of produce before sale to farmers. Conduct of demonstrations to convince the producers about the potentiality of graded products in securing better prices. List of market charges (types and rates) should be displayed in front of all commission agents shops in the market yard in Hindi. The number of public convenience facilities such as canteen, toilets, bathrooms, urinals, water coolers ( with purifiers) and rest sheds for hamals and palledars should be increased and maintained properly by market committees for regular water supply and cleanliness.