Archive · 16 Sep 2026
Maharashtra APMCs Set for Jobs, Trade and Food Hub Growth
Maharashtra wants agricultural markets to do more than buy and sell crops.
The government wants them to help create jobs and businesses.
About 200 market committees will join a large job fair on September 29, 2026.
The fair will happen at about 1,000 places across the state.
Young people could find work or learn skills in areas such as food processing, packaging, transport and storage.
Minister Jaykumar Rawal said farmers’ children should become entrepreneurs and job creators.
The government also plans a large food hub near Vadhavan Port.
This hub would help prepare Maharashtra’s farm products for buyers in India and other countries.
Officials said market committees should help employers, trainees and young job seekers connect.
Marketing Minister Jaykumar Rawal said APMCs should become hubs for jobs, trade and local economic growth.
Around 200 APMCs will participate in the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Rojgar Mahakumbh on September 29, 2026.
The statewide mega job fair is planned simultaneously at around 1,000 locations.
APMCs were asked to connect young people with employment, entrepreneurship and skill-development opportunities in agriculture-related sectors.
The government plans a 1,400-acre world-class food hub near Vadhavan Port to process and distribute Maharashtra’s agricultural produce.
- Who
- Marketing Minister Jaykumar Rawal, Skill Development Minister Mangalprabhat Lodha and Maharashtra’s Agricultural Produce Market Committees.
- What
- The government is preparing a statewide job fair and seeking to transform APMCs into employment, trade and economic-development hubs.
- When
- The Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Rojgar Mahakumbh is scheduled for September 29, 2026; preparations were reviewed before the event.
- Where
- Across Maharashtra at around 1,000 locations, with a planned food hub near Vadhavan Port.
- Why
- To create employment, promote entrepreneurship and expand the processing, storage, transport, branding and export of agricultural produce.
- Job fair
- Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Rojgar Mahakumbh
- Scheduled date
- September 29, 2026
- Planned locations
- Around 1,000 locations across Maharashtra
- Participating market committees
- Around 200 APMCs
- Food hub location
- Near Vadhavan Port
- Food hub size
- Approximately 1,400 acres
- Target sectors
- Processing, storage, transportation, logistics, packaging, grading, branding, marketing and exports