1. DACNET an e-Governance programme for Central Agmark Laboratory Nagpur. Prepared by NIC Mumbai

2. CENTRAL AGMARK LABORATORY, NAGPUR The Central Agmark Laboratory (CAL) at Nagpur is the apex and appellate laboratory of the Dirctorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI) established in 1957 under the Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment,Govt. of India.

3. The main function of the Laboratory are:- 1.Standardization of quality parameters for new agricultural, horticultural, meat food products. 2.Revising/reviewing the existing quality standards under Agmark. 3.To evolve/standardize methods of analysis/tests under quality assurance system of agricultural and allied products. 4.To develop new methods of analysis or to identify new adulterant in field of agricultural commodities. 5.To undertake collaborative research activities. 6.To advice and comment on all technical matters. 7.Training on analysis of food and agricultural commodities and extension work.

4. 8.To supervise the technical functioning of the Regional Agmark Laboratories and to render technical advice to the State Grading Laboratories. 9.Analysis of routine samples and controlled samples The main function of the Laboratory are:-

5. Hierarchical Structure of Divisions comes under ( CAL ): Director (CAL) Oils and Fats General Chemistry Food Grains Toxicology Packaging Administration 22 Regional Agmark Laboratories Spices and essential oils Livestock Products Fibre Planning Stores /Library/Hindi Section

6. It was decided in 1959-60 to set up specialized divisions on commodity basis to bring in more efficiency and compactness in the working of CAL. These are – 1.Foodgrains Division (Headed by Deputy Director) This Division deals with research and standardization work related to foodgrains and allied products. Also, this deals with formulation / revision of Agmark grade specification of Commodities. 2.Livestock Products Division (Headed by Dy. Director) This division is undertaking the work related to the formulation of grade standards for meat food product and the revision of existing standards. Functions of Divisions under CAL,Nagpur

7. 3. Oils and Fats Divisions (Headed by Asst. Director) This div. Deals with technical / scientific matter pertaining to various oils & fats which includes formulation of specification for new commodities, revision of existing commodities for detecting adulteration of vegetable oils & fats. 4.Spices and Essentials Oils Divisions (Headed by Asstt. Director) This division deals with formulation / revision of specification of spices and essential oils and also carries out research work connected with the quality control of these commodities. 5.General Chemistry Division (Headed by Asstt. Director) This Div. Undertake the work of formulation / revision of specification of Commodities. Functions of Divisions under CAL,Nagpur

8. 6.Toxicology Division (Headed by Asstt. Director) Toxicology division deals with study on toxic contaminants such as pesticide reside, aflatoxin etc., in Agricultural and food commodities. An attempt was made to study the presence of pesticide residue in milk, eggs, aflatoxin M1 in Khoa in Market sample of Nagpur. 7.Packaging Division (Headed by Asstt. Director) Packaging division deals with study on packaging material for its suitability for food contact application, and also with shelf life of agricultural and allied products in various packaging materials, storage study on desiccated coconut was undertaken. Functions of Divisions under CAL,Nagpur

9. 8.Planning Section the Division of Planning deals mainly with the following activities: -receipt and issue of samples for analysis - Technical examination of proposals from all the Regional Agmark Laboratories -Financial sanction issued for the purchase of chemicals, apparatus, equipment, dead stock items, repairs and Miscellaneous items. 9.Sections for General Administration (Library / Stores section / Hindi section ) Maintaining the service related works, Library section, store section and Hindi section. Functions of Divisions under CAL,Nagpur

10. Major Activities of Divisions of CAL :- Formulation of Agmark Specification. Revision of Agmark Grade Specification. Research Project. Research Paper. Duplicate sample Analysis. Training to Chemists. Technical advice,inspection at RAL. Compilation of various reports.

11. The allotment of project is done in the beginning of the financial year and the project is to be normally completed in one year i.e. by end of March. The project / research work allotted by the Head of the division to all Regional Laboratory is based on availability of staff and the infrastructure at a RAL. The data analyzed from RAL and field formations is used to formulate a specification and is sent by the Director to Agricultural Marketing Adviser ( AMA ) for issue of notification in Gazette. Major Activities of Divisions of CAL :-

12. T he Central Agmark Laboratory is assisted by a Network of twenty three Regional Agmark Laboratories (RALs) spread through out India, which are also engaged in quality Control of agricultural and allied products and generating data on India basis. List of Laboratories of Directorate of Marketing and Inspection: (A) Apex Laboratories (i) CENTRAL AGMARK LABORATORY NETWORK OF LABORATORIES UNDER CAL :

13. (B) REGIONAL AGMARK LABORATORIES (RALs) 1. Amritsar 2. Alleppey 3. Bangalore 4. Mumbai 5. Bhopal 6. Bhubaneshwar 7.Kolkatta 8.Calicut 9.Cochin 10Delhi(Okhla) 11Guwahati 12GhaZiabad 13Guntur 14Jamnagar 15Jaipur 16Kanpur 17Chennai 18Manglore 19Patna 20Rajkot 21Tuticorin 22Virudhunagar 23. Regional Agmark Laboratory, Shillong (Under process of setting up) NETWORK OF LABORATORIES UNDER CAL :

14. THE FUNCTIONS OF RALs The Regional Agmark Laboratories form the backbone of the main quality control activities of the DMI. They provide effective checks for the purity and quality of Agmark products. To carry out analysis of duplicate and check samples. To conduct work in the field of formulation of standards of new commodities and also revision/review of standards (Started from 1992). To collaborate other activities with regard to standardization of method, development of method of analysis, (started from 1992). To impart training to the Chemists.

15. Main Type Samples considered For testing under various divisions of CAL are :- Research Samples Test Sample Check apex sample duplicate apex sample appellate sample special sample

16. Data Flow RAL  CAL Data for analysis ------------------------- ------------------------ Asst. Director RAL Asst. Director RAL Director CAL Advisor (AMA)

17. Work Flow for testing/analysing sample :- For eg. – For spices and essential oil Division. Sample is received from planning Div. Of CAL in the following format – From :- Coding and Decoding sectionDate :- To :- Spices & Essential Oil Div Sr.No.Name of ItemCode No.Weight 1Wet Ginger RS/SE/WG/41 500 gms 2

18. Activity Register & Result Register is maintained At each Div. of CAL. Sr.noCode noDescription of the sample Qty Received Ref.No. To whom attoted Date of complet ion of analysis Remarks 12345678 For eg. The format of register maintained at spices & E.O. division – (Activity Register format )

19. ANALYTICAL REPORT FOR -------------------------------- 1.Name of the Division /Laboratory : 2.Name of the commodity, quality Received 3. Date of receipt of the sample : 4. Code No.of the sample : 5. Date of commencement of analysis : of the samples 6. Date of submission of the report : 7. Condition of the seal on the sample : bottle / container (Record details) 8. Specific procedure followed for : homogenising the sample before ana-lysis 9. Physical appearances of the sdample & : general characteristics / Details to be recorded. : Pg-1 Pg (1-2) After analysing the sample the chemist give report to incharge of the division ( eg. Spices & E.O.) in the following format :

20. This is certified that sample was / was not in a fit condition for analysis. Date : Name & Designation of the Chemist Sample bearing code No.-------------------- passes / fails in the grade----------------- In respect of ----------------------------- Parameters. Date :Signature of the Divisional Incharge. SPECIAL Characreristics Value Obtained Name of the Specification Name of the Test / method followed Chemical test 1. Protein Content 2. Fat Content 3. Salt Content 4. Sodium Nitrite 5. Sulphur dioxide 6. Trace metals Pg-2

21. Analysical Report for spices whole samples (pg.1- 4) 1.Name of the commodity and quality received : 2. Daste of receipt of sample : 3.Code No.of the samples : 4. Date of commencement of analysis of sample: 5.Date of submission of Report : 6. Condition of the seal on the sample bottle / : container (Record details) 7.Specific procedure followed for : homogenising the sample before analysis 8.Physical appearances of the sample and : general characteristics (Details to be recordrd) Regional Agmark Laboratory,---------------------

22. Sr.No Special characteristics Value obtained Range of specification Name of the Test/Method followed 1. Extraneous matter % 2. Light Bories % 3. Moisture % 4. Pin heads % 5. Size in m.m.sieve 6. Empty and Mal formed capsule % 7. Immature and shrivelled % 8. Blacks and splits % 9. Weight in gram /litre 10. Unclipped capsule % Pg-2

23. 11 Length in cms. 12 Colour 13 Damaged and discoloured % 14 Loose seeds % 15 Broken chillies % 16 Pods without stalk % 17 Foreign mastter % 18 Pieces % 19 Chura and defective bulbs % 20 Bulbs % 21 Bulbs and cut bulbs % 22 Size of the rhizomes in m.m. Pg-3

24. 23 Very light pieces % 24 Lime as CaO % 25 Split seeds % 26 Damaged,blocked and Insect Bored % 27 Other test Note : Parameters reported as per standard of the commodity. For rest of the Parameters, mention not applicable. Certified that the sample was / was not in a fit condition for analysis. Date : Signature Name & Designation of the Chennai Sample bearing Code No.-------------- passed / fails in the grade----------- in respect of ------------------------------------------------- parameters. Date : Signature of the Incharge. Pg-4

25. SrNOCode no.Physical appearence varietyExtra matter % Insect bored matter Pieces L/S mm Rotten pieces 12345678 Dry matter Volatile oil as ml/100gm Total AshAIA (Acid Insoluble ash) Cruid fibre C/F NVEE of Dry Matter Remarks 91011121314151616 After the analytical reports came from Chemists it is put into result register in the following format by the incharge of the division : (Result register format)

26. Monthly Progress Report is prepared by each div. of CAL (Sample Report) :- (eg. Spices & E.O.)

27. Commodity wise sample analysis Report from RAL :-

28. Various Analytical Report Formats (Sample Report) : (Analytical Report of Pesticide Residue)

29. Analytical Report of Aflotoxin

30. Strength of staff Sanctioned & working at CAL : (Organization structure staff wise) Sr.No.Name of the PostSanctionedWorking 1Director11 2Dy.Director21 3Asst. Director84 4Chief Chemist32 5Sr. Chemist43 6Jr. Chemist1814 7Class III Employees30--- 9Class IV Employees15--- Total8152

31. Total Strengh of Staff at RALs : Sr.No.DesignationNo. of Post (working) 1Asstt. Director2 2Chief Chemist4 3Senior Chemist19 4Junior Chemist106 5Class III Employees49 6Class IV Employees75

32. Key Objectives of e-Governance : To make suitable recommendation for overcoming the gradation of Commodity. To familiarize with the methodology of Computerisation in Analytical data analysis of Commodity. To make the system Web enabled for sharing Regional Agmark Laboratory analytical data collection. To linkup management skills with new Information Technology. To expertise / expedite the analysis of commodity. To maintain account of analytical statistical data. To make available information / data of Grade & Specification of commodity on Commercial Basis. To develop a Centralized system for generating reports of various commodities of acquisition / possession.

33. SCOPE To make available analytical data of sample commodity report on Web. The observation / analytical data analysis through computer application for generate graphs / maps. To collect relevant information of commodities / samples of various regions and make available to Govt. and non-Government organizations. Standardisation of analytical ( commodity wise, parameter wise ) report format of day-to-day data analysis work. Data transmission through e-mail / web based application to Central Agmark Laboratory fro Regional Agmark Laboratories of various States.

34. To develop new method of analysis or to identify new adulterant in the field of food and agriculture commodities. To evolve / standardization methods of analysis / test under quality assurance system of agriculture and food products. To adopt computerized method for analysis / test data of commodity. To display analytical result of commodity and make available data were statistically analysed and the statement showing frequency distribution of different quality factor in different ranges and their percentage share in total. SCOPE

35. To automate and standardise the grades for five years for the existing agmark commodities so that For the given specifications computer will give the result. Standardised Agmark commodities make available on the web. SCOPE

36. SYSTEM PERSPECTIVE: The system will comprise the Central Agmark aboratory and Twenty Two Regional Agmark Laborataries. The proposed system will offer the following functions: Database maintenance on-line generation report generation office automation analytical data analysis data transmission registration of commodities for formulation of Agmark Specification of Grade standards. Make available forms for registration and analytical data of Formulation of agmark specification of Grade standard Data normalization. Transaction and exceptions.

37. This section enumerates the requirements, other than the specific functional requirements for the functioning of proposed system. It also cater to issue related to security, external interfaces and backup modes. External Interface Requirement: 1. User Interface: The system will have a Graphical User Interface (GUI) with an online facility. All fields on the screen will have intuitive labels and list of valid values will be displayed wherever possible. General Requirements:

38. 2 Hardware Interface: The proposed system will involve a number of computers connected in a Local Area Network (LAN) at each of the locations to access data from the server. The LANs in individuals Divisions Laboratories will be connected and the Desktops at Regional Agmark Laboratories of various state will be connected to CAL through leased lines (Dialup through telephone). Computers …… for desktop as well as a Server(SQL server, LAN Server) Printers ……. For printing the various documents & reports Digitizer ….. For data analysis generate graph Data Communication equipment, such as hubs, switches, modems etc. General Requirements:

39. 3 Software Interface: The proposed solution needs to be integrated with other Loboratories across the States. The Web enable data transmission, the registration of specification / gradation of Commodities, display information on Web. The analytical data analysis software for analysis the specification / gradation of Commodities. General Requirements:

40. Hierarchical Chart showing function Menu Driven Options : Main Menu Master File Maintenance Transaction File Query Response Report Generation List of - Commodity RALs Testing Parameters of Various commodities Agmark Grade Standards for various commodities Analytical charges for various quality parameters Data of all analytical reports Obtained from RAL and Divisions of CAL to Director/Div. Incharge Data for research sample taken per year for research activity. Samples received monthly Yearly Statistics RAL Statistics MPR Division/RAL Annual Progress report Analytical charges Commodity wise Parameter wise testing charges Analytical charges Commodity wise Analytical report Commodity wise Grade designation & definition of quality commodity wise Sample analysis work done, RAL wise for Internal Grading Analytical charges Commodity wise List of sample types – -Test -Check -Duplicate Commodity wise. Sample analysed at Various RAL yearly. List of commodities, Generalized commodities & decentralized commodities. (List of Activity)

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57. List of Commodities for which grade standards have been prescribed under the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking ) Act.1937. I Foodgrains and Allied Products. Paddy Wheat Jawar Maize Barley Bajra Ragi Rice Basmati Rice ( Export) Red Gram Green Gram Black Gram Bengal Gram Lentil Moth Peas Wheat Atta Suji Maida Bread Wheat Flour Besan (Gram Flour) Cammercial Grades)

58. II. Fruits and Vegetables Apples Banana Grapes Mango Pine apple Plums Willian pears Oranges Lemons Sweet Limes Sour Limes Grape Fruits Table Potato Seed Potato Onions Dried Edible Mushrooms Canned/ Bottled Fruits and Fruit Products Kinnow/ Oranges Guavas

59. III.Spices and Condiments Chillies Turmeric Crdamom Pepper Celery seed Cumin Poppy sees Ajwain Saffron Garlic Ginger Coriander Fennel Fenugreek Curry Compounded asafoetida Seedless Tamarind Sundried raw mango slices Sundried raw mango powder Nutmeg Tejpat Clove Mace Large Cardamom Mixed Masala Caraway & Black Caraway

60. IV. Edible nuts Arecanuts walnuts Cashew kernels Raw Cashew nuts HPS Ground nuts Water chest nuts Coconuts inshell Ball Copra and Cup Copra V. Oilseeds Groundnuts Rapeseeds Mustard Seeds Taramira Seeds Seamum seeds Niger seed Linseed Safflower seed Sunflower seed Cotton seed Mahua seed Salseed Ambad seed Castor seed Soyadeans

61. VI. Vegetable oils and Fats 1. Groundnut Oil Mustard Oil Sesamum Oil Coconut Oil Nigerseed Oil Sal seed Oil (Fat) Linseed Oil Safflower seed Oil Cotton seed Oil Rice Bran Oil Castor Oil Vanaspati Biended Edible Oil Sunflower seed Oil Maize Corn Oil Mowarh Oil Soyabean Oil Fat Spread VII. Oil Cakes Groundnut Oil cake Cotton seed Oil cake Linseed Oil cake Mustard seed Oil cake Seamum Oil cake Coconut Oil cake Saftlower Oil cake Niger seed Oil cake VIII. Essential Oil Sandalawood Oil Lemon grass Oil Palmarosa Oil Ginger Gm