The State Agricultural Produce Marketing Act was enacted in the year 1980 and the State Agricultural Marketing Board was set up in 1983 with its headquarter at Shillong, to develop marketing infrastructural facilities and to provide marketing support to the farmers in the State. In the year 1991, with the assistance of the Centre for Agricultural Marketing, Government of India located at Jaipur, detailed survey was conducted and a master plan for development of marketing infrastructures in Meghalaya was prepared. Accordingly, it was proposed to set up secondary markets in each District in...