Deepak Agarwal appointed as MD of NAFED

The National Agriculture Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) has named Deepak Agarwal as its regular Managing Director (MD) by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC). This choice was made soon after a Ministry of Cooperation official was temporarily assigned to the position.

NAFED: Background of the MD, appointment, and function of the MD

• NAFED is one of the Indian organizations majoring in marketing agricultural products.
• The MD of NAFED has setting authority over the agricultural policy and cooperative marketing.
• The ACC, which is headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approves various postings of many senior officials in the government.
• Other previous appointments have been Muktanand Agrawal, who was appointed the M.D. when Ritesh Chauhan was empty.
• Pankaj Kumar Bansal has been provided the MD position for the period up to thirty September, Two Thousand and Twenty-four.
• The examination of this appointment process provides fundamentals of how difficult matters in the management of agricultural cooperatives can be handled.
• Deepak Agarwal, an IAS of the 2000 batch belonging to Uttar Pradesh, is expected to give stability to both NAFED and the cooperative marketing structure.