The Agricultural Marketyard, Dhima named Dharnidhar Agro Product market Pvt. Ltd. is established on Dt.:- 20/01/2014 under Agricultural Produce Act.-2003 for the private market yard for the better customization and well manage of purchase and sale of Agricultural Commodities in Market area.
"27" Agricultural Commodities Viz. Jeera (Cumin), Variali (Fennel Seeds) Issabgul, Sarsav, Raido (Mustard), Castor seeds, Till, Groundnut, Asalio, Rajgaro, Fenugreek, Moong, Math, Udad, Gram. Tur, Val, Chola, Guwar, Wheat, Bajari, Juvar, Chino, Kalingada-Bij, Cotton, Coriander Seeds, Vegetables & Fruits, Suwa (Dill Seed) Ajmo (Ajwain Seed) in the Market area.
The Object of Market Act is to regulate the Market for protecting Agriculturist sellers by cash and kind to establish modern Market Yard with required facilities for producers and traders.
Dhima Market Yard is one of the biggest regulated private Market and is a well known commercial centre for its trade of Jeera (Cumin), Variali (Fennel Seeds), Isabgul and Raido (Mustard Seeds). Crops of Jeera, Variali, and Isabgol are only possible in Gujarat, Rajasthan and some areas in iron. The crop of Jeera purticularly of North Gujarat is superior in quality and hence there is great demand from all over India and foreign countries also.Dhima marketyard is natural assembling and exporting centre for Agricultural Commodities of North Gujarat, There are 800-1000 big business firms in this town which export Jeera, Variali, Oil Seeds, Pulses and Isabgul to nearly 1500 centres of India & foreign countries every year. This Market is also important for crushing and grinding of Oilseeds, Pulses, Issabgul, Coriander seeds and Kalingada-bij etc. There are 30 Oil mills, 40 Pulse mills, 4 Sat Issabgul factories, 10 cleaning factories for Jeera, Variali and other spices, 6 Kalingada-bij factories & 10 Corianderseeds factories in Banaskantha.
Thus Dhima marketyrad is natural assembling and exporting centre of Agricultural Commodities.
Before the application of the Act Dhima Market was unregulated and it was running on own accord of traders. Facilities of open auction (Sale) standard weightiest, cash payment protection from malpractice's and amenities were not provided to agrits sellers by any way.
After the application of the Act the Market Committee has introduced the following main features of regulation.
The Agricultural Commodities brought for the sale in the Market Yard are arranged in open heaps in the plots allotted to general commission agent and heaps are sold through open auction conducted by the paid auctioneers of the Market yard. The details of sale are noted by auction clerks with tablet on the same time with new technology of software. This detail is useful for solution of disputes.
After auction all the produce is sieved for minimizing adulteration and for improving Agricultural Commodities. According to the serial order of the delivery of the produce is taken in the Market Yard on the place of auction by standard weights and in standardized on the spot i.e. real weight is given.
The old practices of Market charges in cash and kind have been abolished and the Market Committee has fixed prescribed new Market charges for the purchasers & sellers not from the farmers.
Daily prices and arrivals of the Market is published on notice board and broadcasted on Radio amplifier in the Market Yard at a time and also published in our official website & the prices of important Commodities are daily broadcasted from All India Radio, Baroda centre.
After taking delivery of the produce a cash memo is prepared by the general commission agent or purchaser and one copy of memo is given to the seller with cash payment another to Market yard and copy is kept for his own record. Thus cash payment is introduced in all the work of sales, delivery & payment is finished on the same time-same day of arrivals & the commission agent prepares a sale slip in triplicate, one copy given to purchaser, one given to Market yard with Market fees and one for his own record and recover the value of sale from the purchaser next day with Market fee.
To create modern Market on the present site of 10 Acres at Dhima village, the Market Committee has allotted (1) of Shop cum Godown – 84 Nos./ Sundry Shops – 56 Nos., WBM Paver Finish road, Office Building – 01 No, Canteen Building – 01 No, Farmer’s Rest house – 01 No, Farmer’s Ren-basera & Training Centre, Compound wall, overhead tank, Underground water sump, Tube well, Water room, Toilet block-3 Nos., Weigh Bridge 60 tones, Cleaning Grading & Packing Unit, Godowns for storage of Agriculture produces & finished products for the farmers, C.C. T V Camera, Protein/Grain analyzer machine (Laboratory), Microwave Digestion system (Laboratory), Microwave Reactor & Digestion system(Laboratory) for the farmers.
Dhima Market yard will purchase and provide equipments with an approximate total cost of Rs. 7.25 lakhs for setting up of the Quality Testing laboratory.
A chemist has been appointed and he was sent to Cochin for one week’s Training program in the sophisticated laboratory of Spices Board, Cochin. The laboratory will start functioning soon for the benefit of the farming / trading communities.
Thus Dhima Market Yard is progressing towards ideal and perfect Market with all amenities and requirements of the Agricultural Marketing. This way the Dhima Market Yard and Dhima Village will well developed in further 10 years. With all required facilities for the purchasers & sellers associated an Agricultural Commodities will be definitely provide tremendous boost to Agricultural Marketing.
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