Allotment of Shops in Kisan Bazaar - Uttarakhand

What is the Allotment of Shops in Kisan Bazaar?

Allotment of Shops in Kisan Bazaar is a facility of the Uttarakhand Agricultural Produce Marketing Board, the body most people know as Mandi Parishad, under which commercial shops constructed inside a Kisan Bazaar are allotted to traders. Allotment of Shops in Kisan Bazaar exists so that trade in products other than notified agricultural produce can be carried on within the market complex, alongside the regulated trade in grain, fruit and vegetables that the mandi itself handles. The board functions under the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of Uttarakhand, and is headquartered at Mandi Bhawan, Rudrapur, in Udham Singh Nagar district.

A Kisan Bazaar in Uttarakhand is a market facility built by the Mandi Parishad inside or adjoining a mandi yard, where farmers can sell directly and where supporting commerce takes place. Board tender notices from mandi samitis such as Haldwani record the construction of multiple Kisan Bazaars in the mandi premises, which is the physical stock from which shops are allotted. Once built, the shops become an asset of the mandi samiti, and the board's allotment process is how they are put into use and how the samiti earns rental income for market upkeep.

Main features

• Commercial shop premises inside a Kisan Bazaar allotted to traders.
• Intended for trade in goods other than notified agricultural produce.
• Allotted by the mandi samiti of the market area on lease or rent.
• Governed by the Uttarakhand Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development and Regulation) Act, 2011, under which the board and the mandi samitis operate.
• Not a subsidy: the allottee pays the rent, premium and deposits fixed by the samiti.

Who is eligible for a shop in a Kisan Bazaar?

You can apply if:

• You are a trader, firm or business wanting commercial premises inside the Kisan Bazaar, and you satisfy the conditions set out in the mandi samiti's allotment notice.
• You can furnish the identity, firm registration and financial documents the notice asks for, and pay the prescribed earnest money and deposits.
• Your proposed trade is one the notice permits for that block of shops.

You are not eligible and cannot claim allotment if:

• No allotment notice is currently open for the Kisan Bazaar you are interested in. Shops are allotted when the samiti advertises vacancies, not on demand.
• You intend to trade in notified agricultural produce without holding the mandi licence that such trade requires in its own right.
• You have dues outstanding to the mandi samiti or board, or a previous allotment cancelled for breach of conditions.
• You are looking for a free or subsidised shop. This is an allotment of premises against payment, not a welfare benefit, and there is no grant attached to it.

The mandi samiti's notice for the particular Kisan Bazaar is the authoritative statement of who may apply, what preference categories exist if any, and what the rent and deposit will be. Conditions differ between market areas and between allotment rounds, so a general answer cannot substitute for the notice.

What documents are required?

How to apply for a shop in a Kisan Bazaar

1. Identify the mandi samiti that runs the Kisan Bazaar. Uttarakhand's Kisan Bazaars sit within mandi premises administered by the local mandi samiti, for example Haldwani, Rudrapur or Dehradun. The samiti office is the working authority, not the board headquarters.
2. Watch for the allotment notice. Shops are allotted when the samiti issues a notice or advertisement for vacant shops. Notices are put up at the mandi office and issued through the board's usual channels, including the board site ukapmb.org and the state e-procurement portal where a bidding route is used.
3. Collect and fill the application form. Obtain the form and the conditions of allotment from the mandi samiti office, and note the rent, premium, deposit and permitted trade for the shop block.
4. Attach the documents and pay the earnest money. Submit identity proof, firm registration, address proof and the prescribed deposit along with the application, within the date given in the notice.
5. Attend the allotment process. Depending on the notice, allotment may be by draw, by auction or by evaluation of applications. Attend on the notified date and keep the acknowledgement.
6. Complete the lease and take possession. On selection, pay the balance amounts, sign the lease or allotment deed with the mandi samiti, and take possession of the shop against a possession certificate.

How do I follow up on an application?

Follow-up is entirely offline and local. The mandi samiti office that issued the notice holds the applications and announces the result; the secretary of the samiti is the officer to approach. If the samiti cannot resolve a matter, the Uttarakhand Agricultural Produce Marketing Board at Mandi Bhawan, Rudrapur is the next level, since the board supervises the samitis under the 2011 Act.

Keep the application acknowledgement and the earnest money receipt. Unsuccessful applicants get the earnest money back, and the receipt is what the samiti works from when releasing refunds.

Why applications fail

• Applying when no notice is open, which is the most common misunderstanding; allotment happens in rounds.
• Incomplete firm documents, so the samiti cannot establish who the trader is.
• Earnest money not paid or paid late, which puts the application out of consideration on the date of opening.
• Proposed trade not permitted for that block of shops under the notice.
• Outstanding dues against the applicant with the samiti or board.

Help and information

• Mandi samiti of your market area, issues the notice, receives the application and makes the allotment.
• Uttarakhand Agricultural Produce Marketing Board — Mandi Bhawan, Rudrapur, Udham Singh Nagar; portal ukapmb.org. The supervisory authority over the mandi samitis.
• Uttarakhand e-procurement portal, uktenders.gov.in, where board and samiti notices requiring bids are published.

The Uttarakhand Agricultural Produce Marketing Board does not publish a single statewide allotment schedule, standard rent table or dedicated helpline for Kisan Bazaar shops, and the terms are set separately by each mandi samiti in its own notice. An intending applicant should therefore treat the samiti office as the source of truth and should not rely on rates or eligibility conditions quoted by any intermediary.