Meghalaya Agricultural Produce Market Act, 1980 (No. 1 of 1981). Country/Territory India Territorial subdivision Meghalaya Document type Legislation Date 1981 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to provide for better regulation of buying and selling of certain agricultural produce and the establishment of markets there for in the State of Meghalaya and for matters connected therewith. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Agricultural commodities Internal trade Offences/penalties Authorization/permit Apiculture/sericulture Fish products Food quality control/food safety Vegetables/legumes Meat Poultry products Fruits/edible nuts Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract The Act grants the State Government the power to establish and constitute a State Board to be known as the Meghalaya State Agricultural Marketing Board and details out the membership process, composition and powers of the Board. Additionally, the State Government is also empowered to set up market committees to regulate trading of any agricultural product, whether processed or non processed, of agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, aquaculture, sericulture, and forest as specified in the attached Schedules. Full text English