RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT

SECTION 4 (1) (B):-

Right to information and obligations of public authorities under Right to information Act, 2005

(i) Particulars of Organisation functions and duties

Telangana State Cooperative Marketing Federation (TS.MARKFED) was registered on 31-05-2014 under AP. Co-operative Societies Act, 1964 and is acting as an apex organization in the cooperative sector to cater to the needs of the farming community though net work of member cooperative societies:

Objectives And Activities

• Helping the farmers / growers to get remunerative prices for their produce by undertaking procurement and marketing activities;
• Supply of agricultural inputs to farmers & member cooperatives for increased production;
• Providing storage and custom services to farmers;
• Promote and setup agro-based units to get value addition to the produce of the farmers & to generate rural employment
• Assist, organize or coordinate the marketing and trading activities of its member societies
• In furtherance of these objectives, TS Markfed undertakes the following activities:-
  • Act as an agent of Govt. of India & Govt. of Telangana for Procuring Agricultural Commodities under Minimum Support Price (MSP) and Market Intervention Schemes (MIS)
  • Undertake purchase of agricultural commodities like maize, Ground Nut, Soybean, Cotton, pulses
  • Undertake Supply of Agricultural Inputs like Fertilizers and Gypsum, Zinc Sulphate etc. to farmers thro’ the Network of Primary Agricultural Credit Cooperatives , District Cooperative Marketing Societies, Agricultural Market Committees & Private Dealers etc.
  • Establish agro-based industries like Cattle Feed Mixing Plant, Cotton Ginning & Pressing Plant etc. as part of value addition to farm products
  • Raise internal funds thro’ share capital of the member cooperatives & source external funds towards capital investment & working capital requirements by approaching Govt., Commercial Banks, Corporations & Financial institutions like NCDC, NABARD etc.
  • Construct & maintain rural godowns for increased storage space; Offer for rentals its own godowns to farmers, their associations for storage of agricultural produce of the farmers and to cooperatives / traders etc.
  • Create & up-to-date a database of market prices of various agricultural commodities & market intelligence for the use of farmers & cooperatives thro’ Rajiv Internet Kiosks & making them further available on Markfeds website.

(ii) Powers and duties of officers and employees of Markfed:

Powers And Duties of Officers

Managing Director: To discharge duties in terms of powers enshrined under bye law No. 56 of TS.Markfed bye laws subject to the control and authority of the Board of Markfed that includes management of Markfed various establishments, projects and for the general conduct, supervision and management of day to day business and affairs of TS.Markfed.

General Managers: Perform duties and responsibilities as provided under bye law No. 57 subject to the ultimate control of the Managing Director, including coordination and supervision of the work of the officers.

Divisional / Section Heads at H.O. : Responsible for overall planning, execution of schemes/progress/activities and proper fund management as per the Govt. Institutions & G.B & Bound resolutions-Different sections are Administration of HRD, Accounts, Audit, Procurement & Marketing, distribution of consumer articles, fertilizers of other input supply, recovery cell etc.,

Dist. Managers in 9 Districts: Responsible with the team of district officials for sourcing information, planning business activities under specific of general activities & coordinate with sections heads & MD, GM at H.O Plant Managers: The 2 plant managers of Cotton Ginning & Pressing unit at Adilabad, Cattle Feed Mixing Plant, Karimnagar Dist are responsible to the units profitably.

(iii) Procedure followed in the decision making process including channels of supervision and accountability:

The Board of the Markfed is the policy making body and the Managing Director with the help of the Markfed staff will execute the policies and resolutions of the Board to the best advantage of the organization and its members. General Body of Markfed will approve the annual budget for Markfed, the audit report and will review the performance of the Markfed and has powers to amend byelaws.

(iv) Norms set for discharge of functions:

In procurement activities under MIS and MSP the Govt. of India and the Govt. of Telangana respectively will fix the norms and the same are followed, each year In respect of commercial activities done by Markfed, normal business procedures are followed. Depending upon the business potentiality in respective districts for procurement of Agrl. Commodities and Agrl. Input Supply, targets are fixed for earning incomes to meet the administrative overheads.

(v) Rules, Regulations, instructions, Manuals and records held by Markfed:

The bye law of Markfed is the rule book for all activities. The employee’s conditions are governed by the Service Regulations of Markfed. The manuals & instructions prescribed for MSP/MIS operations and Coop. Audit manual are being followed.

(vi) Statement of categories of documents held:

Markfed maintain the following records:

• Minutes books recording the proceedings of the Board/General Body Meetings.
• Membership registers
• Various books of accounts pertaining to business transactions & administrative charges.
• Audit certificates
• Property registers.
• Arbitration executives petitions registers.

(vii) Particulars of any arrangement exist for consultation with, or representation by, the members of the public in relation to the formulation of its policy or implementation thereof:

The General body constituted by all the A-Class members i.e. Dist. Coop. Marketing Societies and Primary Agri. Coop. Societies decides policy issues and its members meet twice in a year. Both GB and MC meeting resolutions are recorded in the minute’s book. Most of the activities of Markfed viz., MSP/MIS/Fertiliser Distribution are governed by Govt guidelines. In all other activities which are mostly business, the resolutions of GB & BOD are followed. However at District level, the O/o D.M, Markfed would periodically interact with the public at procurement centres level to mitigate the difficulties of farmers in sale of their agricultural produce for MSP & MIS.

(viii) Statement of Boards, councils, committees and other bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part of for the purpose of its advice, and as to whether meeting os those boards, councils, committees and other bodies are open to the public, or the minutes of such meetings are accessible for public:

As per the APCS Act provisions there are other records of markfed are available for verification or reference by the members of Markfed.

(ix) Directory of its officers and employees:

Since published in the Markfeds website at www.tsmarkfed.com

(x) Cadre wise staff abstract of TS MARKFED:

Post / Cadre	Cadre Strength
General Manager	1
Development Officer/ Senior Manager	1
Manager	2
Deputy Manager	6
Assistant Manager	16
Assistant Executive Engineer	1
Senior Executive	17
Junior Executive	31
Record Assistant	1
Driver	1
Attender	16
Sweeper/Helpers	6
Technical Staff	6
TOTAL	105
Govt. Posts
Managing Director, Additional Registrar	1
General Manager, Deputy Registrar	1
Officers on Deputation : ADAs
Assistant Director of Agriculture	4
Dy. Reg/ Chief Accounts Officer	1

(xi) Budget allocated to each of its agency, indicating the particulars of all plans, proposed expenditures and reports on disbursements made:

No budgetary allocation by Govt. for the activities of Markfed. In case of price support operations, funds are availed from commercial banks on the guarantee stood by the Govt. of Telangana for commercial activity of Markfed; the budgetary plan is made by Markfed and approved by the Board and General Body consisting of all constituent member cooperatives.

(xii) The manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including the amounts allocated and the details of beneficiaries of such programmes:

No subsidy programmes are taken up by Markfed directly except supply of Zinc Sulphate to the Agrl. Dept of Govt. of Telangana who in turn supply them under subsidy scheme to the beneficiaries.

(xiii) Particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or authorization granted by it:

Nil

(xiv) Details in respect of information, available to or held by it, reduced in an electronic form:

Available on website of Markfed "www.tsmarkfed.com"

(xv) The particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining information, including the working hours of a library or reading room, if maintained for public use:

From concerned District Offices, which addresses are made available on Markfeds website, www.tsmarkfed.com.

(xvi) The names, designations and other particulars of the public information officers:

Hosted in the website of TS.Markfed @ www.tsmarkfed.com

(xvii) Such other information as may be prescribed; and thereafter upto date these publications every year:

All the merchandise information like activities, product for export, commodity prices, services available etc are available in Markfeds
website @ www.tsmarkfed.com.

RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005

APPOINTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER & ASSISTANT PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS UNDER THE ACT IN TS.MARKFED

Appellate authority:

Sri B.Vishnu Vardhan Rao

Deputy Registrar / General Manager,
TS.MARKFED,
3rd Floor, Mahathma Gandhi Markfed Bhavan,
Jambagh, Hyderabad- 500 095
Cell No. 9949682034
Land phone: 24607106

Public Information Officer at Head Office:

Sri P.Venkatram Reddy

TS.MARKFED,
3rd Floor, Mahathma Gandhi Markfed Bhavan,
Jambagh, Hyderabad- 500 095
Cell No.728879805
Land phone: 24607106

APIO at Head Office:

Smt P.SRIDEVI

TS.MARKFED,
3rd Floor, Mahathma Gandhi Markfed Bhavan,
Jambagh, Hyderabad- 500 095
Cell No.7288879823
Land phone: 24607106