Mohali, December 23, 2025:- Sardar Harchand Singh Burst, Chairman of the National Council of State Agricultural Marketing Boards (Kousamb), released Kausamb's Diary - 2026 during the National Dialogue organized by Kausamb in Delhi on the topic "Unleashing the Potential of Fresh Produce Recovery". On this occasion, Raj Kumar Bhatia MLA Adarsh ??Nagar, Dr. Mita Punjabi Senior Food System Officer FAO/UN Bangkok, Anil Dabbu Chairman Uttarakhand State Agricultural Marketing Board, Dr. JS Yadav Managing Director Kausamb, Sudhakar PCS Secretary APMC Azadpur were specially present.
Addressing the function, Sardar Harchand Singh Burst expressed happiness and said that the Kausamb Diary - 2026 will prove to be very useful for the officials of Agricultural Marketing Boards, APMCs and related departments of various states across the country.
He said that this diary has included important contact details of the marketing boards, policies, marketing fees being implemented in various states, market charges and other useful information related to marketing, which will prove helpful in strengthening mutual coordination and cooperation. He said that the farmer produces the crop with great effort.
During this, more attention needs to be paid to the preservation of the commodity and its proper delivery to the people, because due to lack of proper preservation, about 30 percent of that effort goes in vain. Therefore, this is a very serious issue and for this, everyone needs to discuss it in detail and find suitable solutions.
Dr JS Yadav said that this diary prepared by KOSAMB is not just a routine publication, but it will act as a reference document for the officials working in the field of agricultural marketing. Through this diary, the exchange of information and understanding of policies between different states will be made easier.
On this occasion, Vandana Singh Director India Food Banking Network, Vijay Kumar GM (Technical) Uttarakhand Marketing Board, GK Venkatesh General Manager Karnataka Marketing Board, Arvind Panjgotra Deputy Director Jammu and Kashmir Horticulture Planning and Marketing, Rajnish Goyal DGM Punjab Mandi Board, Jai Vijay DDMO Punjab Mandi Board, L Srinivas Secretary APMC Bowenpally, Akshit Secretary APMC Sirmaur, Rahul Secretary APMC Bilaspur, Anju Bala Secretary APMC Una, N Kiran Secretary APMC Kolar, Mohan Joshi Secretary APMC Kicha, Surmukh Singh Personal Secretary to Chairman Punjab Mandi Board, Prerna Marketing Officer Jammu and Kashmir Horticulture Planning and Marketing, Chandan Bhalla Assistant Director (Administration) Kausamba, Hanumant Yadav Manager Kausamba, Kamlesh Singh Senior Program Manager India Food Banking Network, Himanshu Thakur Chief Technology Officers, Shraddha Suman Program Manager, Rajiv Kumar Finance Officer, Suchit Tiwari Project Coordinator India Food Banking Network, Nivedita Varshneya Regional Advocacy Advisor WHH India, Dr. Anita Knowledge Management Expert KOFTI-Vasan, Priyamvada Kaushik Communication Expert KOFTI-Vasan, Vani Adelina Tandon Former KOFTI Fellow Vasan, Pearl Sandhu Consultant Magic Spangles, Drishti Vishwanath Program Associate Food Loss and Waste WRI India, Shalu Project Head Samarpan Foundation, Nidhi Gupta Founder Swabhimaan NGO were present, who appreciated this initiative of KOSAMB and said that such publications play an important role in making the agricultural marketing system more effective. Finally, everyone congratulated the KOSAMB team for this achievement.