The Marketing Development Fund shall be utilised out of following purposes :-
(i) better marketing of agricultural produce ;
[(ia) execution of market extension activities through Public Private Partnership.]
(ii) Marketing of agricultural produce on co-operative lines ;
(iii) collection and dissemination of markets rates and new s;
(iv) grading and standardisation of agricultural produce ;
(v) general improvements in the market or their respective notified market areas;
(vi) maintenance of the office of the Board and construction and repair or its office buildings, rest-house and staff quarters ;
(vii) giving aid to financially weak Committees in the shape of loans and grants;
(viii) payment of salary, leave allowance, gratuity, compassionate allowance, compensation for injuries or death resulting from accidents while on duty, medical aid, pension or provident fund to the persons employed by the Board and leave and pension contribution to Government servants on deputation ;
(ix) travelling and other allowances to the employees of the Board, its members and members of Advisory Committees ;
(x) propaganda, demonstration and publicity in favour of agricultural improvements ;
(xi) production and betterment of agricultural produce ;
(xii) meeting any legal expenses incurred by the Board ;
(xiii) imparting education in marketing or agriculture ;
(xiv) construction of godowns ;
(xv) loans and advances to the employees;
(xvi) expenses incurred in auditing the accounts of the Board ;
(xvii) with the previous sanction of the State Government, any other purpose which is calculated to promote the general interests of the Board and the Committees [or the national or public interests] ;
[***] [(xviii) establishment of regulatory system and to create infrastructure for e-trading platform, emarketing, direct marketing, e-trading, producer and consumer marketing and producer marketing ;
(xix) providing infrastructure for grading, standardization and packaging of agricultural produce;
(xx) to create and promote an infrastructure on its own or through public private partnership for a market yard of a notified market area and value addition such as cleaning, ripening standardization, grading, packaging and post harvest handling of agricultural produce;
(xxi) construction, repair, maintenance of link roads and passages to market yard.]