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A rt is an expression of human imagi-nation, creativity and emotions. Art

has always been a source of inspirationfor mankind. It has also consoled us inthe time of despondency and disappoint-ment. The way to express or exhibit thefeelings of human heart is called ‘Art’,where creativeness accompanies apti-tude. Through art, man manifests feelingsand expresses his thoughts withoutwords and voice. Since ancient times,man has been taking to art to get rid oftension, fear and danger. With the pas-sage of time, art has become one of thenecessities of life. The Sanskrit scholarBhartrhari says Sahitya, Sangeeta, Kalaviheena, Sakshat Pashu puchha vishanhinah, !! (Without art, man is like an ani-mal which lacks tail and poison.)

Fine Arts can be divided into two cate-gories, the performing arts and the visualarts. Performing arts include mainly themusic, dances, drama and plays whichare performed on stage and are based onvarious acoustic and optic visualizations,while the other, being silent, speaksthrough colour, strokes and shapes.According to the taste and choice, we getattracted towards art. The aim of art is toachieve, not to gain . The visual art gath-ers various modes of art, which alwayswork for human welfare along with pro-viding the pleasure of being one withsupreme soul.

Representation of art exists in various

forms. The imagination of an artist isbeyond the colour and strokes. Based onthe contemporary demand of market,help of modern technology is also beingtaken. Therefore, the career opportunitiesare constantly increasing in this field.There are numerous career opportunitieson full time basis or as a Freelance Artist.One may select any of the followingbranches of visual arts according tohis/her taste and choice.

Painting- This is the most ancientmedium of art. The creation of two-dimensional art on any plain surface bythe means of lines and colour is known aspainting. Paintings are the expression of

feelings and the strongest way of com-munication. That is why this isconsideredas the best medium among all types ofart.

Today, the creation of paintings hasmoved beyond the realistic and folk stylesand based on the representation of inter-nal feelings. Most of the times, there is noshape or figure seen in these paintingsbut still they attract one’s heart and soulthrough their beautiful arrangement andcomposition of colours. The medium andrepresentation of colours have nowchanged. Oil colours and water colourshave been replaced by acrylics and

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ONLINE NATIONAL AGRICULTURE MARKET

Prof. V.S. TomarEmpowering Farmers and Stabilising Food Prices

I ndia has made many strides in agricul-tural production but a lot needs to be

done in the field of agricultural market-ing. With significant changes taking placein agri-food systems of domestic andoverseas markets, attainment of compet-itiveness has become increasinglydependent on the capacity of the countryto develop effective and efficient agricul-tural marketing.

Presently, agricultural marketing sys-tem in India has a number of constraintswhich are related to infrastructure, regu-lations, technology, poor information onopportunities and domestic/overseasmarkets, unstable and uncertain produceprices, delayed payment to producersand lower price realization by producers.The existing marketing infrastructure likeRural Primary Markets, regulated whole-sale and assembling markets, gradingand quality control systems, retail mar-kets, is not at par with the desired level,both in terms of capacity as well as qual-ity of the facilities. Other infrastructuralfacilities for cold chain storage, linking ofthe commodity futures with the farmers,perishable cargo centres, rural farm road,market information and quality assuranceof various agricultural commodities arealso not up to the mark. This infrastruc-ture is also inadequate for realizing thepotential competitiveness of multiplecommodities for taking them to the globalmarkets.

In order to overcome these chal-lenges, a proposal to set up onlineNational Agriculture Market (NAM) wasapproved by the Cabinet Committee on

Economic Affairs on July 01, 2015through Agri-Tech Infrastructure Fund.Government has allocated Rs. 200 crorefor three years to set up an online NAMby integrating 585 wholesale marketacross India. The plan is to cover 250mandis in current fiscal year, 200 moremandis in 2016-17 and rest of the 135mandis in 2017-18. The main objectivesof the scheme are :

(a) Reforming the existing marketingsystem by redesigning the marketstructure, ushering in transparency,leveraging technology in operations,

providing a well-functioning regulato-ry framework, encouraging privateparticipation along with regulatedmarkets so that the seller has a realchoice. It also aims at making bank-ing an inherent part of the marketingfunction by collecting the sale consid-eration from the buyer and remittingthe same to the bank account of theseller which would put an end to pay-

ment related issues faced by the seller.

(b) Resolving issues of informationasymmetry by encouraging analysisof the commodity and displayingquality parameters of the commodityto benefit buyers. It also aims at pro-viding price details to the seller toenable him to decide the time andprice of sale.

(c) Having a more transparent auctionprocess through leveraging of tech-nology by providing a well-designedelectronic auction platform andredefining rules of auction to improvetransparency.

(d) Promoting increased participation ofbuyers by reforming conditions ofgrant of trader licence and openingup licences to any person in thestate/country. This would encourageparticipation from other locations andimprove price discovery.

(e) Resolving post-auction difficulties byintegrating weighing of produce withthe auction process and communi-cating details of the weight recordedand the amount payable/receivableto the buyer/seller.

(f) Increasing market access by creatingwarehouses proximate to the farm toreceive the goods, account it againstindividual producers, testing thesame for predetermined quality

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parameters and making available alldetails to the electronic platform ofthe nearby market. This will obviatethe need to reach the market physi-cally. Funding of commodities storedin warehouses would increase theholding power of the farmer.

In the proposed online agri-marketplace, the farmers bringing their produceto local Agricultural Produce MarketCommittee (APMC) would have choice tosell their produce to local traders or buy-ers registered with online platform butstationed outside the APMC locality oreven the physical boundary of the state.Currently, the farmers are restricted tosell their produce only at APMC marketthat often charge high levies or taxes onthe produce. Now there will be onelicence for entire state, there will be sin-gle point levy. There will be electronicauctions for price discovery. The impactwill be that the entire state will become amarket and the fragmented markets with-in the state would be abolished.Seamless transfer of agriculture com-modities within the state can take placeand market size for farmers wouldincrease as he won’t be limited to a cap-tive market. Often farmers do not getremunerative prices for their produce dueto lack of access to alternate marketingmechanism.

While the physical transaction wouldcontinue to be conducted through con-cerned APMC, the online platform wouldallow the bulk buyers, processor andexporters to participate directly in tradingat the local mandi-level through NAM,which would reduce cost of transaction.

The Small Farmers’ AgribusinessConsortium (SFAC), a lead promoter ofthe online NAM, would offer special soft-ware to each mandi which agrees to jointhe national network free of cost.Besides, SFAC would ensure timelydelivery and settlements of payment foragriculture produce. For registration with

NAM, the concerned state must providesingle licence to traders, which would bevalid across the physical boundary of thestate. The APMC would have to providefor electronic trading and issue licencesto traders from any region or state whowould operate through online trading.Due to integration of all the APMC mar-kets through online platform, the volumeof business would significantly increaseas there will be greater competition forspecific agricultural produce, resulting inhigher volume of transaction fees for themandi. There are three basic criteria for aState to propose mandis for “plug-in”to NAM:a) The State APMC Act must have a

specific provision for electronic tradingb) The State APMC Act must provide for

issue of licences to anyone in India totrade through the NAM in the localmandis.

c) There must be one single licence foreach State to facilitate trading in allthe mandis of that State and a singlepoint levy of transaction fee.

Better understanding of the benefitsfrom the system in terms of transparency,better price discovery, quick settlement ofsale proceeds and generation of accurateand timely market information mayencourage more and more number offarmers to bring their produce to the mar-ket. This will help in enhancing the effi-ciency of the market and position of farm-ers in the entire supply chain. The avail-ability of market information enhancesmarket performance by improving theknowledge of market players. Balance ofknowledge provides a more equal distri-bution of gains from efficient market priceformation

The gradual integration of all the majormandis in the States into NAM will ensurecommon procedures for issue of licences,levy of fee and movement of produce. Ina period of 5-7 years we can expect sig-nificant benefits through higher returns tofarmers, lower transaction costs to buy-

ers and stable prices and availability toconsumers. The NAM will also facilitatethe emergence of integrated value chainsin major agricultural commodities acrossthe country and help to promote scientificstorage and movement of agri – goods.

Agriculture sector accounts foremployment of more than 60% of thepopulation, contributing about 16% ofGDP. So far as self-employment of thesector is concerned, bulk of it is con-tributed by its production aspect and avast potential on its marketing front stillremains to be explored. This can beattributed partly to the paucity of infra-structure and partly to the absence ofcongenial regulatory regime encouragingprivate investment in the sector.Agricultural marketing takes care of thepost-harvest activities of the crops viz.cleaning, grading, packaging, transporta-tion, storage, processing, and develop-ment of markets for their smooth transac-tions and dissemination of market infor-mation. All these functions help in cre-ation/addition of time, place, form andpossession utilities to a product. Thepresent agricultural marketing system ofthe country, however, leaves much to bedesired, as it is facing a number of hand-icaps, such as lack of requisite infrastruc-ture, long marketing channels, overridingrole of middle men, low farmer’s share inconsumer’s rupee, and unhealthy con-trols and restrictions discouraging privatesector investment etc. Hence, there is aneed to go for capacity building of allstakeholders in agricultural marketingdeveloping skills in agricultural marketingand agribusiness is essential.

National Skill Development Councilhas estimated the requirements of pro-fessional manpower in agricultural mar-keting and agribusiness managementand has come out with the assessmentthat the current output of professional

graduates in these areas is less thanone-fifth of the current requirements ofthe organized sector.Way-Forward

Agriculture sector needs well function-ing markets to drive growth, employmentand economic prosperity in rural areas ofthe country. In order to provide dynamismand efficiency in the marketing system,large investments are required for thedevelopment of post-harvest and coldchain infrastructure nearer to the farmers’field. Well developed marketing infrastruc-ture and efficient marketing system in thecountry will promote competitive trade aswell as facilitate farmers’ access to valueaddition services such as grading andstorage, etc. on one hand and reducesupply chain inefficiency and post- har-vest losses on the other. Report of theWorking Group on Agricultural MarketingInfrastructure, Secondary Agriculture andPolicy Required for Internal and ExternalTrade for the XII Five Year Plan 2012-17has assessed investment requirements ofmore than Rs. 56,000 crores for develop-ment of different infrastructure during XIIPlan Period. A major portion of this invest-ment is expected from the private sectorfor which an appropriate regulatory andpolicy environment is necessary.Alongside, enabling policies need to beput in place to encourage procurement ofagricultural commodities directly fromfarmer’s field and to establish effectivelinkages between the farm production andthe retail chain and food processingindustries. Towards this end, the Statesneed to amend their marketing laws intrue spirit on the line of model APMC Actand Rules to streamline storage andsupply of produce in the country, thereby,harnessing the advantages of NAM in realsense.The author is Vice Chancellor,Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi VishwaVidyalaya, Jabalpur-4825 004 (M.P.)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently dedicated a National Career Serviceportal to the youth of the country. The web portal will be a one-stop platform forboth job providers and job seekers where registration can be done online. It willprovide basic platform for searching and applying for jobs on the portal. It will alsoprovide candidates career-related counselling either by its helpline numbers orvisiting these centres along with other facilities like job posting, aptitude assess-ment, job matching, training providers, skill courses and guidance on self-employ-ment and entrepreneurship. NCS project aims at transforming all the govern-ment-run employment exchanges.Three agricultural-portals namely Soil Health Card (SHC) portal, ParticipatoryGuarantee System (PGS) and Fertiliser Quality Control System portal (FQCS)have been launched. These portals are in English but will be made available inregional languages in later phases. The main objectives of these portals are tomake the process of fertilisers' quality checking, organic farming certification andissuance of soil health cards more transparent and accountable.The Supreme Court has allowed state governments to exercise their powers ofremission to release life convicts with some riders. This will not apply to casesprobed by central agencies like the CBI and for those incarcerated under centrallaws such as TADA. Lifting its stay imposed over a year back, the apex court has-said the relaxation would also not apply, where the convict has been awarded alife term in cases of rape and murder. However, the apex court bench made itclear that this interim order would not be applicable in the Rajiv Gandhi assassi-nation case.A national campaign Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan has been launched in a bid tocreate awareness and capacity building on Safe and Hygienic food for all. It willensure the safe food to consumers apart from providing them Food security inorder to address the food requirements. India's first indigenously designed and developed High Thrust cryogenic rocketengine generating a nominal thrust of 19 tonnes has been successfully tested fora duration of 800 seconds at ISRO Propulsion Complex, Mahendragiri, TamilNadu. This duration is approximately 25% more than the engine burn duration inflight. The engine will be used for powering the Cryogenic stage (C25) of GSLVMk-III launch vehicle of ISRO which is capable of launching four tonne classsatellites. The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolutionestablishing a monitoring system for Iran's nuclear programme and consideringthe eventual removal of all nuclear-related sanctions against the country. The res-olution was supported by all 15 representatives of countries on the SecurityCouncil and opened path to lift nuclear-related economic sanctions on Iran. The world's first malaria vaccine has got a green light from European drugs regula-tors who have recommended that it should be licensed for use for babies in Africa whoare at risk of the mosquito-borne disease. The shot, called Mosquirix, would be thefirst licensed human vaccine against a parasitic disease and could help prevent mil-lions of cases of malaria. World Health Organization has promised to give its guidanceon when and where it should be used before the end of this year.Ten-year-old Indian Golfer Shubham Jaglan has scripted history by lifting his sec-ond Junior Golf Title in a span of 2 weeks. In the World Stars Junior GolfTournament played at Las Vegas, Nevada, Shubham finished on top in his cate-gory age 9 to 10. A week Earlier, he scripted a scintillating one-stroke win at theJunior World Golf Championships played at Welk Resort Fountain in San Diego.

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Maharashtra Legislature Secretariat Applications are invited for the post of ‘Reporter (Junior) (Group-A) (Gazetted)’ inMaharashtra Legislature Secretariat.

(A) Number of posts & reservation - Total posts - 6(I) English Reporter (Junior)- Unreserved - 3 Posts (1 Post reserved for Woman).(II) Hindi Reporter (Junior)- Unreserved - 3 Posts (1 Post reserved for Woman)(B) Pay Scale- PB-3 Rs.15600-39100 and Grade Pay Rs. 5400 plus Other Allowances. (C) Educational Qualification- Candidate should be a graduate from recognized University and(1) English Reporter (Junior):-(I) For the post of English Reporter (Junior), Candidate should possess Government Commercial

Certificate of 120 w.p.m. in English shorthand and 40 w.p.m. in English typewriting.(II) Candidates applying for the post of English Reporter (Junior) will have to appear for a

shorthand test at the speed of 150 w.p.m.(2) Hindi Reporter (Junior):-(I) For the post of Hindi Reporter (Junior), Candidate should possess Government Commercial

Certificate of 120 w.p.m. in Hindi shorthand and 40 w.p.m. in Hindi typewriting.(II) Candidates applying for the post of Hindi Reporter (Junior) will have to appear for a

shorthand test at the speed of 140 w.p.m.(D) Age:- As on 1st July, 2015, minimum age of a candidate should not be less than 18 years

and the maximum age of a candidate from Reserved Category should not be more than 38years and in any other case should not be more than 33 years. For candidates already inGovernment Service, age will be relaxed upto 48 years.

General Instructions:-(1) Applications in prescribed format should be addressed to The Deputy Secretary, (Establishment),Maharashtra Legislature Secretariat, Vidhan Bhavan, Backbay Reclamation, Mumbai-400032 (Byregistered A.D. or speed post only). The last date for receipt of applications is Friday, 21st August,2015. Candidates should clearly specify the name of the post applied for in bold letters on the enve-lope. Applications received after last date will not be considered. (2) Candidates will have to appear for shorthand test at their own cost. (3) The format of application and other relevant details and instructions are available on the web-site of this secretariat: www.mls.org.in.Place:....................... (Ruturaj J. Kudtarkar)Date:....................... Deputy Secretary

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