Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority

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Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
Abbreviation	APEDA
Predecessor	Processed Food Export Promotion Council (PFEPC)
Formation	1986; 38 years ago (1986)
Type	Government Agency
Legal status	Active
Purpose	Export promotion of agricultural and processed food products
Headquarters	New Delhi
Chairman	Dr.Abhisek Dev
Parent organization	Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India
Website	apeda.gov.in

The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) is an Indian Apex-Export Trade Promotion Active government body.^[1]

APEDA is the premier body of export promotion of fresh vegetables and fruits. It provides the crucial interface between farmers, storehouses, packers, exporters, surface transport, ports, Railways, Airways, and all others engaged in export trade to the international market.^[2]^[3]^[4]

History

It was set up by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry under the Agriculture and Processed Food products Export Development Authority. The Act was passed by Parliament in December 1985. It was formed and came into effect from 13th February 1986 by the notification issued in the Gazette of India.

References

^ "Ministry of Commerce, Govt of India".
^ "APEDA AgriExchange Newsletter - Volume 2713 ( Thursday 13 May 2021)". agriexchange.apeda.gov.in.
^ "APEDA ACT" (PDF).
^ "About AgriExchange". agriexchange.apeda.gov.in. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)

Department
of
Commerce

Divisions	Administrative & General Division Finance Division Economic Division Trade Policy Division Foreign Trade Territorial Division Plantation Division Supply Division State Trading & Infrastructure Division
Attached & Subordinate Offices	Directorate General of Foreign Trade Directorate General of Supplies & Disposals (DGS&D) Directorate General of Anti-Dumping & Allied Duties (DGAD) Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence & Statistics, Kolkata Special Economic Zones Pay & Account Office (Supply, Commerce & Textiles)
Autonomous Bodies	Commodity Boards Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Export Inspection Council Indian Institute of Foreign Trade Indian Institute of Packaging Marine Products Export Development Authority National Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture (NaCSA) Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA) Network for Fish Quality Management & Sustainable Fishing (NETFISH)
PSUs	State Trading Corporation (STC) PEC Limited MMTC Ltd Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India India Trade Promotion Organisation Pay & Account Office (Supply, Commerce & Textiles)
Advisory Bodies	Board of Trade (BOT) Inter State Trade Council Council for Trade Development & Promotion
Export Promotion Councils	Engineering Exports Promotion Council Project Export Promotion Council of India (PEPC) Basic Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals & Cosmetics Export Promotion Council (Chemexcil) Chemicals & Allied Products Export Promotion Council (CAPEXIL) Council for Leather Exports Sports Goods Export Promotion Council Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council Shellac Export Promotion Council Cashew Export Promotion Council of India Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council The Plastics Export Promotion Council Indian Oil Seeds & Produce Export Promotion Council (IOPEPC) Services Export Promotion Council
Other Organisations	Federation of Indian Export Organisations Indian Diamond Institute Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI) National Centre for Trade Information India Brand Equity Foundation Price Stabilization Fund Trust

DPIIT

Statutory Bodies	Intellectual Property Appellate Board Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation Copyright Office Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry
Autonomous Institutions	National Council for Cement & Building Materials (NCCBM) Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association (IRMRA) National Institute of Design National Productivity Council (NPC) Quality Council of India Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI) Central Pulp & Paper Research Institute (CPPRI)
Attached & Subordinate offices	Grievance Offices Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks Office of Chief Controller of Accounts (Disclosure of Central Government Accounting Data) Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Intellectual Property Management (NIIPM) Principal Account Office Office of Technical Adviser (Boilers) Tariff Commission Office of the Salt Commissioner Office of the Economic Adviser National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council Office of Chief Controller of Accounts

Secretaries

Guruprasad Mohapatra(incumbent)

Ministers

Industry	Syama Prasad Mukherjee Harekrushna Mahtab Nityanand Kanungo Ram Subhag Singh H. C. Dasappa Tribhuvan Narain Singh Damodaram Sanjivayya F. A. Ahmed(Industrial Development) Dinesh Singh (Industrial Development & Internal Trade) Moinul Hoque Choudhury(Industrial Development) C Subramaniam(Industrial Development) T. A. Pai(Industry) Brij Lal Verma George Fernandes Kasu Brahmananda Reddy T. A. Pai N. D. Tiwari Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Veerendra Patil N. D. Tiwari J. Vengala Rao K. Karunakaran Suresh Prabhu Murasoli Maran Sikandar Bakht
Commerce	I. I. Chundrigar Cooverji Hormusji Bhabha (Commerce) Kshitish Chandra Neogy (Commerce) Jawaharlal Nehru(Commerce & Industry) Sri Prakasa (Commerce) Harekrushna Mahtab (Commerce & Industry) T T Krishnamachari (Commerce & Industry) Swaran Singh Morarji Desai (Commerce & Industry) Lal Bahadur Shastri(Commerce & Industry) KC Reddy (Commerce & Industry) Manubhai Shah (As MoS till 24 January 1966)(Commerce)' Dinesh Singh(Commerce) Bali Ram Bhagat(Foreign Trade & Supply) Dinesh Singh(Commerce) Lalit Narayan Mishra(MoS) D. P. Chattopadhyay(Commerce)(as MoS till 23 December 1976)' Morarji Desai(Commerce) Mohan Dharia(Commerce) Charan Singh(Commerce) Hitendra Desai(Commerce) Indira Gandhi Pranab Mukherjee(Commerce) Pranab Mukherjee(Commerce) Rajiv Gandhi Arjun Singh P Shiv Shankar (Commerce) N. D. Tiwari (Commerce) Dinesh Singh(Commerce & Industry) Chandra Shekhar (Commerce) Subramanian Swamy (Commerce) P Chidambaram(MoS, IC) (Commerce) P. V. Narasimha Rao P Chidambaram (MoS, IC) (Commerce) P. V. Narasimha Rao Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee Devendra Prasad Yadav(Commerce) Bolla Bulli Ramaiah(Commerce) Ramakrishna Hegde(Commerce) Murasoli Maran(Commerce & Industry) Anand Sharma(Commerce & Industry) Nirmala Sitharaman(Commerce & Industry)'(MoS, IC)' Suresh Prabhu(Commerce & Industry) Piyush Goyal(Commerce and Industry)(incumbent)

Industry