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The Himachal Pradesh State Cooperative
Marketing And Consumer's Federation Ltd. an apex Cooperative Marketing
Federation of Himachal Pradesh, popularly known as
Himfed, has its Head Office at Shimla.
It
was registered on 30th June 1952 under the provisions of Indian Cooperative
Societies Act, 1912 and is now covered under the provisions of Himachal
Pradesh Cooperative Societies Act, 1968. It has about 650 cooperative
societies of various types as its members.
Himfed Undertakes multifarious activities to serve the
farming community and the consumers of the state by marketing of farm
produce such as apple, citrus etc., farm inputs such as cartons, trays
etc. & distribution of fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides, wheat,
seed potato etc. It plays an important role in the development of Agriculture,
industry, trade and commerce etc. in the state. The main function of
Himfed is to implement the policies and programmes of the Government
and to ensure the distribution, storage and procurement of fertilizer
well in advance so as to prevent any scarcity of this essential commodity
and to make it readily available in the State.
In order to make fertilizers available to the farmers at their doorsteps,
Himfed has opened 89 wholesale Depots, atleast one in each
block head qtrs and 5 farmer's service centres spread all over Himachal
Pradesh, along with the 12 Area Offices located at
district headquarters. Himfed also has a branch office at Delhi for
the marketing of Agricultural and Horticultural products of the farmers.
In
addition to the above, Himfed has a Bottling plant at
Parwanoo, 13 P.D.S Retail Outlets and a Petrol Pump in Shimla. Himfed
also opens up collection centres and makes necessary arrangements for
the marketing of agricultural/ horticultural produces from time to time
at the instance of the Government under the Market Intervention Scheme.
Our
activities are :
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Sole procurement and distribution agency of Fertilizers
in the State through 89 wholesale and 5 rental sale outlets besides
distribution through the network of Primary Cooperatives Societies.
- Marketing of agricultural/horticultural
produce on reasonable prices.
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Procurement of various horticultural crops under Market Intervention Scheme/Support
Price.
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Authorized dealer of CCI & ACC Cement to the Government agencies
/consumers on competitive rates.
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Authorized dealer of Godrej/Facit Typewriters,
Godrej furniture, electrical radiators and Gas heaters.
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Supplies farm inputs like pesticides, Organic
manure, Tree
spray oil, spray pumps imported Pruning Secateurs/Shears
and other tools.
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Supplies Packing Material
for fruits.
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Dealership of Indian Oil Corporation and is running a petrol pump
and service station in Shimla and
a petrolpump in Sarahan
in District Sirmour.
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Has 89 own Godowns having total capacity
of 47000 MT at almost all the Block Head Quarters.
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Is also running about 13 shops in Shimla Town for distribution of
P.D.S and non P.D.S items.
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Has entered into Insurance
business as service franchisee for Iffco Tokio General Insurance
Company Ltd.
- Has obtained retail dealership of Steel
Authority of India Ltd.(SAIL) for Shimla, Solan, Bilaspur &
Mandi Districts.
