DACNET an e-Governance programme for Central Agmark Laboratory Nagpur.

1. DACNET an e-Governance programme for Central Agmark LaboratoryNagpur. Prepared by NIC Mumbai

2. CENTRAL AGMARK LABORATORY,NAGPUR The Central Agmark Laboratory (CAL) at Nagpur is the apex and appellate laboratory of the Dirctorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI) established in 1957 under the Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment,Govt. of India.

3. The main function of the Laboratory are:- 1. Standardization of quality parameters for new agricultural, horticultural, meat food products. 2. Revising/reviewing the existing quality standards under Agmark. 3. To evolve/standardize methods of analysis/tests under quality assurance system of agricultural and allied products. 4. To develop new methods of analysis or to identify new adulterant in field of agricultural commodities. 5. To undertake collaborative research activities. 6. To advice and comment on all technical matters. 7. Training on analysis of food and agricultural commodities and extension work.

4. The main function of the Laboratory are:- 8. To supervise the technical functioning of the Regional Agmark Laboratories and to render technical advice to the State Grading Laboratories. 9. Analysis of routine samples and controlled samples

5. Hierarchical Structure of Divisions comes under ( CAL ): Director (CAL) Oils and Fats General Chemistry Food Grains Spices and essential oils Livestock Products Toxicology Fibre Packaging Planning Administration 22 Regional Agmark Laboratories Stores /Library/Hindi Section

6. Functions of Divisions under CAL,Nagpur It was decided in 1959-60 to set up specialized divisions on commodity basis to bring in more efficiency and compactness in the working of CAL. These are – 1. Foodgrains Division (Headed by Deputy Director) This Division deals with research and standardization work related to foodgrains and allied products. Also, this deals with formulation / revision of Agmark grade specification of Commodities. 2. Livestock Products Division (Headed by Dy. Director) This division is undertaking the work related to the formulation of grade standards for meat food product and the revision of existing standards.

7. Functions of Divisions under CAL,Nagpur 3. Oils and Fats Divisions (Headed by Asst. Director) This div. Deals with technical / scientific matter pertaining to various oils & fats which includes formulation of specification for new commodities, revision of existing commodities for detecting adulteration of vegetable oils & fats. 4. Spices and Essentials Oils Divisions (Headed by Asstt. Director) This division deals with formulation / revision of specification of spices and essential oils and also carries out research work connected with the quality control of these commodities. 5. General Chemistry Division (Headed by Asstt. Director) This Div. Undertake the work of formulation / revision of specification of Commodities.

8. Functions of Divisions under CAL,Nagpur 6. Toxicology Division (Headed by Asstt. Director) Toxicology division deals with study on toxic contaminants such as pesticide reside, aflatoxin etc., in Agricultural and food commodities. An attempt was made to study the presence of pesticide residue in milk, eggs, aflatoxin M1 in Khoa in Market sample of Nagpur. 7. Packaging Division (Headed by Asstt. Director) Packaging division deals with study on packaging material for its suitability for food contact application, and also with shelf life of agricultural and allied products in various packaging materials, storage study on desiccated coconut was undertaken.

9. Functions of Divisions under CAL,Nagpur 8. Planning Section the Division of Planning deals mainly with the following activities: - receipt and issue of samples for analysis - Technical examination of proposals from all the Regional Agmark Laboratories - Financial sanction issued for the purchase of chemicals, apparatus, equipment, dead stock items, repairs and Miscellaneous items. 9. Sections for General Administration (Library / Stores section / Hindi section ) Maintaining the service related works, Library section, store section and Hindi section.

10. Major Activities of Divisionsof CAL :- • Formulation of Agmark Specification. • Revision of Agmark Grade Specification. • Research Project. • Research Paper. • Duplicate sample Analysis. • Training to Chemists. • Technical advice,inspection at RAL. • Compilation of various reports.

11. Major Activities of Divisions of CAL :- • The allotment of project is done in the beginning of the financial year and the project is to be normally completed in one year i.e. by end of March. • The project / research work allotted by the Head of the division to all Regional Laboratory is based on availability of staff and the infrastructure at a RAL. • The data analyzed from RAL and field formations is used to formulate a specification and is sent by the Director to Agricultural Marketing Adviser ( AMA ) for issue of notification in Gazette.

12. The Central Agmark Laboratory is assisted by a Network of twenty three Regional Agmark Laboratories (RALs) spread through out India, which are also engaged in quality Controlof agricultural and allied products and generating data on India basis. NETWORK OF LABORATORIES UNDER CAL : List of Laboratories of Directorate of Marketing and Inspection: (A) Apex Laboratories (i) CENTRAL AGMARK LABORATORY

13. NETWORK OF LABORATORIES UNDER CAL : (B) REGIONAL AGMARK LABORATORIES (RALs) 1. Amritsar 2. Alleppey 3. Bangalore 4. Mumbai 5. Bhopal 6. Bhubaneshwar 7. Kolkatta 8. Calicut 9. Cochin 10 Delhi(Okhla) 11 Guwahati 12 GhaZiabad 13 Guntur 14 Jamnagar 15 Jaipur 16 Kanpur 17 Chennai 18 Manglore 19 Patna 20 Rajkot 21 Tuticorin 22 Virudhunagar 23.      Regional Agmark Laboratory, Shillong (Under process of setting up)

14. THE FUNCTIONS OF RALs The Regional Agmark Laboratories form the backbone of the main quality control activities of the DMI. They provide effective checks for the purity and quality of Agmark products. • To carry out analysis of duplicate and check samples. • To conduct work in the field of formulation of standards of new commodities and also revision/review of standards (Started from 1992). • To collaborate other activities with regard to standardization of method, development of method of analysis, (started from 1992).To impart training to the Chemists.

15. Main Type Samples consideredFor testing under various divisions of CAL are :- • Research Samples • Test Sample • Check apex sample • duplicate apex sample • appellate sample • special sample

16. Data Flow RAL  CAL Data for analysis Data for analysis Data for analysis Data for analysis Data for analysis Data for analysis --------------- ---------- -------------- ---------- -------------- ---------- Asst. Director RAL Director CAL Advisor (AMA) Asst. Director RAL

17. Work Flow for testing/analysing sample :-For eg. – For spices and essential oil Division. Sample is received from planning Div. Of CAL in the following format – From :- Coding and Decoding section Date :- To :- Spices & Essential Oil Div

18. Activity Register & Result Register is maintained At each Div. of CAL . For eg. The format of register maintained at spices & E.O. division – (Activity Register format )

19. After analysing the sample the chemist give report to incharge of the division ( eg. Spices & E.O.) in the following format : Pg-1 Pg (1-2) • ANALYTICAL REPORT FOR -------------------------------- • Name of the Division /Laboratory : • Name of the commodity, quality Received • 3. Date of receipt of the sample : • 4. Code No.of the sample : • 5. Date of commencement of analysis : • of the samples • 6. Date of submission of the report : • 7. Condition of the seal on the sample : • bottle / container (Record details) • 8. Specific procedure followed for : • homogenising the sample before • ana-lysis • 9. Physical appearances of the sdample & : • general characteristics / Details to be recorded. :

20. Pg-2 This is certified that sample was / was not in a fit condition for analysis. Date : Name & Designation of the Chemist Sample bearing code No.-------------------- passes / fails in the grade----------------- In respect of ----------------------------- Parameters. Date : Signature of the Divisional Incharge.

21. Regional Agmark Laboratory ,--------------------- Analysical Report for spices whole samples (pg.1- 4) 1.Name of the commodity and quality received : 2. Daste of receipt of sample : 3.Code No.of the samples : 4. Date of commencement of analysis of sample: 5.Date of submission of Report : 6. Condition of the seal on the sample bottle / : container (Record details) 7.Specific procedure followed for : homogenising the sample before analysis 8.Physical appearances of the sample and : general characteristics (Details to be recordrd)

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24. Pg-4 Note : Parameters reported as per standard of the commodity. For rest of the Parameters, mention not applicable. Certified that the sample was / was not in a fit condition for analysis. Date : Signature Name & Designation of the Chennai Sample bearing Code No.-------------- passed / fails in the grade----------- in respect of ------------------------------------------------- parameters. Date : Signature of the Incharge.

25. After the analytical reports came from Chemists it is put into result register in the following format by the incharge of the division :(Result register format)

26. Monthly Progress Report is prepared by each div. of CAL (Sample Report) :- (eg. Spices & E.O.)

27. Commodity wise sample analysis Report from RAL :-

28. Various Analytical Report Formats (Sample Report) :(Analytical Report of Pesticide Residue)

29. Analytical Report of Aflotoxin

30. Strength of staff Sanctioned & working at CAL : (Organization structure staff wise)

31. Total Strengh of Staff at RALs :

32. Key Objectives of e-Governance : • To make suitable recommendation for overcoming the gradation of Commodity. • To familiarize with the methodology of Computerisation in Analytical data analysis of Commodity. • To make the system Web enabled for sharing Regional Agmark Laboratory analytical data collection. • To linkup management skills with new Information Technology. • To expertise / expedite the analysis of commodity. • To maintain account of analytical statistical data. • To make available information / data of Grade & Specification of commodity on Commercial Basis. • To develop a Centralized system for generating reports of various commodities of acquisition / possession.

33. SCOPE • To make available analytical data of sample commodity report on Web. • The observation / analytical data analysis through computer application for generate graphs / maps. • To collect relevant information of commodities / samples of various regions and make available to Govt. and non-Government organizations. • Standardisation of analytical ( commodity wise, parameter wise ) report format of day-to-day data analysis work. • Data transmission through e-mail / web based application to Central Agmark Laboratory fro Regional Agmark Laboratories of various States.

34. SCOPE • To develop new method of analysis or to identify new adulterant in the field of food and agriculture commodities. • To evolve / standardization methods of analysis / test under quality assurance system of agriculture and food products. • To adopt computerized method for analysis / test data of commodity. • To display analytical result of commodity and make available data were statistically analysed and the statement showing frequency distribution of different quality factor in different ranges and their percentage share in total.

35. SCOPE • To automate and standardise the grades for five years for the existing agmark commodities so that • For the given specifications computer will give the result. • Standardised Agmark commodities make available on the web.

36. SYSTEM PERSPECTIVE: • The system will comprise the Central Agmark aboratory and Twenty Two Regional Agmark Laborataries. • The proposed system will offer the following functions: • Database maintenance • on-line generation • report generation • office automation • analytical data analysis • data transmission • registration of commodities for formulation of Agmark • Specification of Grade standards. • Make available forms for registration and analytical data of • Formulation of agmark specification of Grade standard • Data normalization. Transaction and exceptions.

37. General Requirements: This section enumerates the requirements, other than the specific functional requirements for the functioning of proposed system. It also cater to issue related to security, external interfaces and backup modes. External Interface Requirement: 1. User Interface: The system will have a Graphical User Interface (GUI) with an online facility. All fields on the screen will have intuitive labels and list of valid values will be displayed wherever possible.

38. General Requirements: 2 Hardware Interface: The proposed system will involve a number of computers connected in a Local Area Network (LAN) at each of the locations to access data from the server. The LANs in individuals Divisions Laboratories will be connected and the Desktops at Regional Agmark Laboratories of various state will be connected to CAL through leased lines (Dialup through telephone). Computers …… for desktop as well as a Server(SQL server, LAN Server) Printers ……. For printing the various documents & reports Digitizer ….. For data analysis generate graph Data Communication equipment, such as hubs, switches, modems etc.

39. General Requirements: 3 Software Interface: The proposed solution needs to be integrated with other Loboratories across the States. The Web enable data transmission, the registration of specification / gradation of Commodities, display information on Web. The analytical data analysis software for analysis the specification / gradation of Commodities.

40. Main Menu Master File Maintenance Transaction File Query Response Report Generation Samples received monthly Sample analysis work done, RAL wise for Internal Grading List of - Data of all analytical reports Obtained from RAL and Divisions of CAL to Director/Div. Incharge Commodity Yearly Statistics Analytical charges Commodity wise RALs Data for research sample taken per year for research activity. RAL Statistics TestingParameters of Various commodities List of commodities, Generalized commodities & decentralized commodities. MPR Division/RAL Agmark Grade Standards for various commodities Annual Progressreport • List of sample types – • Test • Check • Duplicate • Commodity wise. Analytical charges for various qualityparameters Analytical charges Commodity wise Parameter wise testing charges Sample analysed at Various RAL yearly. Analytical charges Commodity wise Analytical report Commodity wise Grade designation & definition of quality commodity wise Hierarchical Chart showing function Menu Driven Options : (List of Activity)

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