Appointment of Official members of APEDA

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-02072026-274007 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3438] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2026/ASHADHA 10, 1948 MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Department of Commerce) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 1st July, 2026 S.O. 3573(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (4) of section 4 of the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985 (2 of 1986), read with rule 3 of the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Rules, 1986, the Central Government hereby appoints the following members to the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority for a period of two years with effect from the date of publication of this notification or until further orders, whichever is earlier, and for that purpose makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Commerce number S.O. 486(E), dated the 12th August, 1986, namely:— In the said notification, - (a) for serial numbers 1 to 3 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial numbers and entries shall respectively be substituted, namely:— Appointed under clause (a) of sub-section (4) of section 4: "1. The Chairman, Chairman; Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority. Appointed under clause (b) of sub-section (4) of section 4: 2. Agricultural Marketing Adviser, Member; Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, (ex officio) Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi. Appointed under clause (c) of sub-section (4) of section 4: 3. Programme Director (Agricultural Technology), Member;" NITI Aayog, Sansad Marg, New Delhi – 110001. (b) for serial numbers 7 to 24 and entries relating thereto, the following serial numbers and entries shall respectively be substituted, namely:— Appointed under clause (e) of sub-section (4) of section 4: "7. Advisor (Trade), Member; Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi. 8. Director (Export Products - Agriculture), Member; Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi. 9. Economic Adviser (Finance), Member; Department of Commerce, Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi. 10. Joint Secretary, Member; Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Punchsheel Bhawan, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi – 110049 11. Director (Impex), Member; Department of Food and Public Distribution, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi. 12. Adviser (Cost), Member; Department of Consumer Affairs, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi. 13. Economic Advisor, Member; Ministry of Civil Aviation, B Block, Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi. 14. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Member; Transport Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi. Appointed under clause (f) of sub-section (4) of section 4: 15. Director, Member; Directorate of Industries, Department of Industries, Government of Jharkhand. 16. Managing Director, Member; Karnataka State Agricultural Produce, Processing and Export Corporation, Limited, No. 17, General K.S. Thimmayya Road (Richmond Road), Bengaluru - 560025, Government of Karnataka, 17. Director, Industries & Commerce, Member; Directorate of Industries & Commerce, Vikas Bhavan, Vikas Bhavan P.O., Thiruvananthapuram - 695033, Government of Kerala. 18. Director, Member; Directorate of Horticulture, Navbahar, Shimla – 2, Government of Himachal Pradesh. 19. Managing Director, Member; Jammu & Kashmir Trade Promotion Organization, Industries & Commerce Department, Civil Secretariat, Jammu or Srinagar, Government of Jammu & Kashmir. Appointed under clause (g) of sub-section (4) of section 4: 20. National Professor, Member; Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Krishi Anusandhan Bhavan-II, Pusa, New Delhi – 110 012. 21. Managing Director, Member; National Horticulture Board, Plot No. 85, Institutional Area, Sector-18, Gurugram-122015 (Haryana). Managing Director, Member; National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd., 22. NAFED House, Siddhartha Enclave, Ashram Chowk, Ring Road, New Delhi – 110014. 23. Chief Scientist, Member; Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Central Food Technological, Research Institute, Mysore- 570020. 24. Additional Director/Professor, Member". Indian Institute of Packaging, Mumbai, E-2, MIDC Area, Andheri (E), Mumbai. [F. No. 6/33/2017-EP (Agri. IV)(Pt.1)] PRIYA P. NAIR, Economic Advisor Note: The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide S. O. 486(E), dated the 12th August, 1986 and last amended vide S.O. 857, dated the 17th February, 2025.