Agricultural and Processed Food products Export Development Authority

What is APEDA?

• It stands for Agricultural and Processed Food products Export Development Authority.
• APEDA is an export promotion organization mandated with the responsibility of promotion and development of the export of its scheduled products.
• It is under the Ministry of Commerce & Industries.
• It is a statutory body established under the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act passed by the Parliament in December,1985.
• The products specified under the APEDA ACT are called schedule products and exporters of such scheduled products are required register under APEDA.

Functions of APEDA:

• Setting the standards, specifications and conducting inspections for the scheduled products.
• Registration of exporters of the scheduled products.
• Improving packaging, marketing and providing training for the Scheduled products.
• Development of industries relating to the scheduled products and undertaking surveys, feasibility studies, collecting statistics etc.

Prelims Question

With reference to Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), which of the following statements is/are correct?
1.It functions under the Ministry of Agriculture.
2.It is a statutory body.
3.Its functions include fixing of standards and specifications for scheduled products for the purpose of exports.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a)1 and 2 only
(b)1 and 3 only
(c)2 and 3 only
(d)1,2 and 3 only

Answer to the Prelims Question