Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) MNI, Azadpur Azadpur was established in the year 1977 to organize, control and guide various activities and Welfare Schemes of Mandi Samities. It has played a very important role in implementing various acts in an impressive manner and to get fair behavior and appropriate support prices for their crops to the farmers. As a consequence, the total arrivals and income has been increasing with year by year.
APMC, Azadpur have one Principal Market yard ( Ch. Hira Singh Wholesale F&V Market, Azadpur) and three sub-yards namely:
The total market area is approximately 101 acres, excluding Kela Siding, which is leased from Indian Railways.
The principal yard of APMC, Azadpur is divided in 3-parts namely, New Subzi Mandi (NSM), Cement Godown Area and New Fruit Mandi (NFM). The traders of Barafkhana, Old Delhi were shifted (July 12, 1975) to NSM, Azadpur on the DDA allotted shops. The DDA maintained the mandi till Dec 1, 1979.Thereafter DDA has handed over the mandi to the APMC. Later on more area was allotted to APMC by the DDA on which NFM was set up. Thus, the NSM area has DDA allotted shops, and the Cement Godown and NFM area has open auction sheds.
The subyard Okhla also has DDA constructed shops and auction sheds.
The Sub-Yard Mangol-Puri, which was earlier known as Delhi Fodder Market Committee. It has been declared as Sub-Yard of APMC (MNI) Azadpur after de-notification of DFMC for trading of fruits and vegetables. The market is spreads over in 11 acres of land in Mangol-Puri area. Presently there is no trading of fruits and vegetables at Sub-Yard Mangol-Puri.
Below are the key statistics regarding the functioning and facilities available at the market yards.
| S.No. | Descriptions | Azadpur Yard | Okhla Sub-yard | Mangol Puri Sub-yard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Total Market Area | NSM area | 43.65 Acres | 9.98 Acres | 11 Acres |
| Cement Godown area | 7.00 Acres | -NA- | -NA- | ||
| NFM area | 29.18 Acres | -NA- | -NA- | ||
| Total | 79.83 Acres | 9.98 Acre | 11 Acres | ||
| 2 | No. of Big Shops | 438 | 50 | 70 sqm. | |
| 3 | Size of Big Shops | 12' x 53' | 12' x 53' | -NA- | |
| 4 | No. of Small Shops | 928 | 218 | -NA- | |
| 5 | Size of Small Shops | 10' x 18' | 12' x 12' | -NA- | |
| 6 | Covered Auction Sheds | A Block NSM - 1 Shed | 3272 Sqm | 1536 Sqm -3 Nos. | -NA- |
| C Block NSM - 1 Shed | 3272 Sqm | 832 Sqm | -NA- | ||
| Potato & Onion Shed -1 Shed | 6000 Sqm | 832 Sqm | -NA- | ||
| Grower Shed - 1 Shed | 2900 Sqm | -NA- | -NA- | ||
| Cement Godown Area - 3 Shed | 7766 Sqm | -NA- | -NA- | ||
| NFM Phase-II - 7 Shed | 19618 Sqm | -NA- | -NA- | ||
| NFM Phase-I - 8 Shed | 29214 Sqm | -NA- | -NA- | ||
| Total - 22 Sheds | 72042 Sqm | 3200 Sqm | -NA- | ||
| 7 | No. of Banks | 6 | 2 | -NA- | |
| 8 | No. of Cold Storage | 7 | 0 | -NA- | |
| 9 | No. of Licences upto 31.3.23 | Only A Category | 26 | Nil | -NA- |
| Only B Category | 543 | 39 | -NA- | ||
| A & B Category | 1421 | 156 | -NA- | ||
| Only D Category | 04 | 0 | -NA- | ||
| Only G Category | 180 | 0 | -NA- | ||
| Grower I - Card | 50 | 0 | -NA- | ||
| Total | 2224 | 195 | -NA- | ||
| 10 | No. of Notified Commodities | Fruits | 56 | 56 | -NA- |
| Vegetables | 88 | 88 | -NA- | ||
| Total | 144 | 144 | -NA- | ||