National Egg Coordination Committee

National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC) is an association of poultry farmers in India with more than 25,000 members. Its programmes include market intervention, price support operations, egg promotion campaigns, consumer education, market research, rural market development and liaisons with the government on vital issues concerning the industry.

National Egg Coordination Committee
FounderDr. Banda Vasudev Rao
EstablishedMay 1982
ChairDr. Banda Vasudev Rao
Slogan"Sunday ho ya Monday Roz khao Ande"
Location
India
Websitewww.e2necc.com

Objectives

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NECC's role in the Indian egg industry mainly focuses on egg pricing. After fulfilling its original purpose, NECC expanded its scope of activities to achieve the following:[1]

  • Determining egg prices based on fair return for farmers, decent margin for middlemen, and reasonable cost for customer.[2]
  • Monitoring, managing and, regulating the stocks from surplus regions to deficit regions.
  • Market intervention through Agrocorpex India Limited.
  • Having a dependable and close network of marketeers that use multi-level marketing to sell the products.
  • Promoting egg trade, egg farm, and egg exports.
  • Making technology and information available for increased production of eggs.

History

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The Indian Poultry industry suffered an unusual series of crises in the early 1980s[citation needed], since the selling price had dropped below production costs. Many poultry farmers shut down operations due to heavy losses. A group of farmers motivated by Dr. B. V. Rao and Ch. Jagapati Rao traveled across the country, organizing over 300 meetings with groups, individuals, and traders. Their objective was to unite poultry farmers from all over India. In May 1982, NECC was formally registered as a trust under the Indian Societies Registration Act and on 14 May 1982, NECC started declaring egg prices.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Objectives : Aiming high and how are they achieved". National Egg coordination Committee. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  2. ^ "NECC fixes minimum wholesale price for egg". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  3. ^ "The Beginning". National Egg coordination Committee. Retrieved 11 December 2012.