NAFED
OBJECTIVES OF NAFED The
objectives of the NAFED shall be to organize, promote and develop marketing, processing
and storage of agricultural, horticultural and forest produce, distribution of agricultural
machinery, implements and other inputs, undertake inter-state, import and export trade,
wholesale or retail as the case may be and to act and assist for technical advice in
agricultural, production for the promotion and the working of its members, partners,
associates and cooperative marketing, processing and supply societies in India. In
furtherance of these objectives, the NAFED may undertake one or more of the following
activities.
(i) to facilitate, coordinate and promote the marketing and trading activities of the
cooperative institutions, partners and associates in agricultural, other commodities, articles
and goods;
(ii) to undertake or promote on its own or on behalf of its member Institutions or the
Government or Government Organizations, Inter-State and international trade and
commerce and undertake, wherever necessary, sale, purchase, import, export and
distribution of agricultural commodities, horticultural and forest produce, other articles and
goods from various sources for pursuing its business activities and to act as the agency for
canalization of export and import and interstate trade of agricultural and other
commodities or articles under any scheme formulated by the Government of India or other
Government agencies and to facilitate these activities, wherever necessary, to open
branches/sub-offices and appoint agents at any place within the country or abroad;
(iii) to undertake purchase, sale and supply of agricultural, marketing and processing
requisites, such as manure, seeds, fertilizer, agricultural implements and machinery, packing
machinery, construction requisites, processing machinery for agricultural commodities,
forest produce, dairy, wool and other animal products;
(iv) to act as warehouseman under the Warehousing Act and own and construct its own
godowns and cold storages;
(v) to act as agent of any Government agency or cooperative institution, for the
purchase, sale, storage and distribution of agricultural, horticultural, forest and animal
husbandry produce, wool, agricultural requisites and other consumer goods;
(vi) to act as insurance agent and to undertake all such work which is incidental to the
same;
(vii) to organize consultancy work in various fields for the benefit of the cooperative
institutions in general and for its members in particular;
(viii) to undertake manufacture of agricultural, machinery and implements, processing,
packing, etc. and other production requisites and consumer articles by setting up
manufacturing units either directly or in collaboration with or as a joint venture with any
other agency, including import and distribution of spare-parts and components to up-keep
of the machinery/ implements;
(ix) to set up storage units for storing various commodities and goods, by itself or in
collaboration with any other agency in India or abroad;
(x) to maintain transport units of its own or in collaboration with any other organization
in India or abroad for movements of goods on land, sea, air and operate freight station,
container depot and undertake other incidental activities;
(xi) to collaborate with any international agency or a foreign body for development of
cooperative marketing, processing and other activities for mutual advantage in India or
abroad;
(xii) to undertake marketing research and dissemination of market intelligence;
(xiii) to subscribe to the share capital and undertake business collaboration with
cooperative institutions, public, joint and private sector enterprises, if and when considered
necessary for fulfilling the objectives of NAFED;
(xiv) to arrange for the training of employees of marketing/ processing/supply
cooperative societies;
(xv) Deleted;
(xvi) to establish processing units for processing of agricultural, horticultural and forest
produce, wool and allied products;
(xvii) to undertake grading, packing, standardization, scientific treatment and process of
agricultural produce and other articles;
(xviii) to acquire, take on lease or hire, lands, buildings, fixtures and vehicles and to sell,
give on lease or hire them for the business of NAFED.
(xix) to advance loans to its members and other cooperative institutions on the security
of goods or otherwise;
(xx) to guarantee loans or advances or give undertakings to any Society or Company in
which the Federation has a shareholding or financial involvements as a promoter to be able
to assist its development or expansion or for starting any industrial undertaking by such
societies/companies;
