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

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

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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.

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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

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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 Chenn
ai 18 Manglore 19 Patna 20 Rajkot 21 Tuticorin 22
Virudhunagar 23.      Regional Agmark
Laboratory, Shillong (Under process of
setting up)
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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.

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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

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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
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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

Sr.No. Name of Item Code No. Weight
1 Wet Ginger RS/SE/WG/41 500 gms
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• 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 )
Sr.no Code no Description of the sample Qty Received Ref.No. To whom attoted Date of completion of analysis Remarks
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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Pg-1
After analysing the sample the chemist give
report to incharge of the division ( eg. Spices
E.O.) in the following format
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.

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SPECIAL Characreristics Value Obtained Name of the Specification Name of the Test / method followed
Chemical test
1. Protein Content
2. Fat Content
3. Salt Content
4. Sodium Nitrite
5. Sulphur dioxide
6. Trace metals
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.
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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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Pg-2
Sr.No Special characteristics Value obtained Range of specification Name of the Test/Method followed
1. Extraneous matter
2. Light Bories
3. Moisture
4. Pin heads
5. Size in m.m.sieve
6. Empty and Mal formed capsule
7. Immature and shrivelled
8. Blacks and splits
9. Weight in gram /litre
10. Unclipped capsule
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Pg-3
11 Length in cms.
12 Colour
13 Damaged and discoloured
14 Loose seeds
15 Broken chillies
16 Pods without stalk
17 Foreign mastter
18 Pieces
19 Chura and defective bulbs
20 Bulbs
21 Bulbs and cut bulbs
22 Size of the rhizomes in m.m.
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Pg-4
23 Very light pieces
24 Lime as CaO
25 Split seeds
26 Damaged,blocked and Insect Bored
27 Other test

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.
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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)
SrNO Code no. Physical appearence variety Extra matter Insect bored matter Pieces L/S mm Rotten pieces
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Dry matter Volatile oil as ml/100gm Total Ash AIA (Acid Insoluble ash) Cruid fibre C/F NVEE of Dry Matter Remarks
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

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Monthly Progress Report is prepared by each
div. of CAL (Sample Report) - (eg. Spices E.O.)
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Commodity wise sample analysis Report from RAL -
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Various Analytical Report Formats (Sample Report)
(Analytical Report of Pesticide Residue)
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Analytical Report of Aflotoxin
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Strength of staff Sanctioned working at CAL
(Organization structure staff wise)
Sr.No. Name of the Post Sanctioned Working
1 Director 1 1
2 Dy.Director 2 1
3 Asst. Director 8 4
4 Chief Chemist 3 2
5 Sr. Chemist 4 3
6 Jr. Chemist 18 14
7 Class III Employees 30 ---
9 Class IV Employees 15 ---
Total 81 52
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Total Strengh of Staff at RALs
Sr.No. Designation No. of Post (working)
1 Asstt. Director 2
2 Chief Chemist 4
3 Senior Chemist 19
4 Junior Chemist 106
5 Class III Employees 49
6 Class IV Employees 75
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.
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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.
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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.
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Hierarchical Chart showing function Menu Driven
Options
(List of Activity)
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Various Reports -
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List of Commodities for which grade
standards have been prescribed under the
Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking )
Act.1937.

• I Foodgrains and Allied Products.
• Paddy
• Wheat
• Jawar
• Maize
• Barley
• Bajra
• Ragi
• Rice
• Basmati Rice ( Export)
• Red Gram
• Green Gram

• Black Gram
• Bengal Gram
• Lentil
• Moth
• Peas
• Wheat Atta
• Suji
• Maida
• Bread Wheat Flour
• Besan (Gram Flour)
• Cammercial Grades)

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• II. Fruits and Vegetables
• Apples
• Banana
• Grapes
• Mango
• Pine apple
• Plums
• Willian pears
• Oranges
• Lemons
• Sweet Limes
• Sour Limes
• Grape Fruits

• Table Potato
• Seed Potato
• Onions
• Dried Edible Mushrooms
• Canned/ Bottled Fruits and Fruit Products
• Kinnow/ Oranges
• Guavas

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• III. Spices and Condiments
• Chillies
• Turmeric
• Crdamom
• Pepper
• Celery seed
• Cumin
• Poppy sees
• Ajwain
• Saffron
• Garlic
• Ginger
• Coriander
• Fennel
• Fenugreek
• Curry
• Compounded asafoetida

• Seedless Tamarind
• Sundried raw mango slices
• Sundried raw mango powder
• Nutmeg
• Tejpat
• Clove
• Mace
• Large Cardamom
• Mixed Masala
• Caraway Black Caraway

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• IV. Edible nuts
• Arecanuts
• walnuts
• Cashew kernels
• Raw Cashew nuts
• HPS Ground nuts
• Water chest nuts
• Coconuts inshell
• Ball Copra and Cup Copra

• V. Oilseeds
• Groundnuts
• Rapeseeds
• Mustard Seeds
• Taramira Seeds
• Seamum seeds
• Niger seed
• Linseed
• Safflower seed
• Sunflower seed
• Cotton seed
• Mahua seed
• Salseed
• Ambad seed
• Castor seed
• Soyadeans

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• VI. Vegetable oils and Fats
• Groundnut Oil
• Mustard Oil
• Sesamum Oil
• Coconut Oil
• Nigerseed Oil
• Sal seed Oil (Fat)
• Linseed Oil
• Safflower seed Oil
• Cotton seed Oil
• Rice Bran Oil
• Castor Oil
• Vanaspati
• Biended Edible Oil
• Sunflower seed Oil
• Maize Corn Oil
• Mowarh Oil
• Soyabean Oil
• Fat Spread

• VII. Oil Cakes
• Groundnut Oil cake
• Cotton seed Oil cake
• Linseed Oil cake
• Mustard seed Oil cake
• Seamum Oil cake
• Coconut Oil cake
• Saftlower Oil cake
• Niger seed Oil cake
• VIII. Essential Oil
• Sandalawood Oil
• Lemon grass Oil
• Palmarosa Oil
• Ginger Gm

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