(1) Government may designate any existing market yard established under Section 7
(2) as “Special Commodity Market Yard” or establish and notify any market yard as “Special Commodity Market Yard” after consideration of such aspects as throughput of particular agriculture produce and livestock and special infrastructure requirements therefor. It may be-
(i). fruits, vegetables & flowers markets, including onion market, apple market, orange market and such other market;
(ii). cotton market;
(iii). medicinal and aromatic plants market;
(iv). livestock market including camel market, fish market, poultry market and such other market;
and
(v) any other such markets.
(2) All provisions for and in relation to the Market Committee made in the Act shall mutatis mutandis apply to the Market Committee established for “Special Commodity Market Yard”.
13 Establishment and notification of “Market Yard of National Importance (MNI)”.
9. Government may designate and notify the existing any market yard established under Section 7 (2) as “Market Yard of National Importance” or establish and notify any market as “Market Yard of National Importance” after consideration of such aspects as total throughput, value, upstream catchment area, down-stream number of consumers served and special infrastructure requirements therefor:
Provided that the market yard handling not less than such annual tonnage or such annual value, as may be prescribed, may be considered for conferring the status as the “Market Yard of National Importance”.
Provided further that out of such annual tonnage or such annual value, 30 per cent may arrive from not less than two other States.
Establishment of private market yard.