• Development of industries relating to the scheduled products for export by way of providing financial assistance  or  otherwise for undertaking surveys and feasibility studies, participation in enquiry capital through joint  ventures  and  other reliefs and subsidy schemes;
• Registration of persons as exporters of the scheduled products on payment of such fees as may be prescribed;
• Fixing of standards and specifications for the scheduled products for the purpose of exports;
• Carrying out inspection of meat and meat products in slaughter houses, processing plants, storage premises,   conveyances or other places where such products are kept or handled for the purpose of ensuring the quality of   such products;
• Improving of packaging of the Scheduled products;
• Improving of marketing of the Scheduled products outside India;
• Promotion of export oriented production and development of the Scheduled products;
• Collection of statistics from the owners of factories or establishments engaged in the production, processing,   packaging, marketing or export of the scheduled products or from such other persons as may be prescribed on   any matter relating to the scheduled products and publication of the statistics so collected or of any portions   thereof or extracts therefrom;
• Training in various aspects of the industries connected with the scheduled products;
• Such other matters as may be prescribed.

• Fruits, Vegetables and their Products.
• Meat and Meat Products.
• Poultry and Poultry Products.
• Dairy Products.
• Confectionery, Biscuits and Bakery Products.
• Honey, Jaggery and Sugar Products.
• Cocoa and its products, chocolates of all kinds.
• Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Beverages.
• Cereal Cereal Products.
• Groundnuts, Peanuts and Walnuts.
• Pickles, Papads and Chutneys.
• Guar Gum.
• Floriculture and Floriculture Products
• Herbal and Medicinal Plants
• Rice (Non-Basmati).

• A Chairman, appointed by the Central Government;
• The Agricultural Marketing Advisor to the Government of India, ex-officio;
• One member appointed by the Central Government representing the Planning Commission;
• Three members of Parliament of whom two are elected by the House of People and one by the Council of States;
• Eight members appointed by the Central Government representing respectively; the Ministries of the Central Govt.  dealing   with
• Agriculture and Rural Development
• Commerce
• Finance
• Industry
• Food
• Civil Supplies
• Civil Aviation
• Shipping and Transport;
• Five members appointed by the Central Government by rotation in the alphabetical order to represent the States and the   Union Territories;
• Seven members appointed by the Central Govt. representing;
• Indian Council of Agricultural Research;
• National Horticultural Board;
• National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation;
• Central Food Technological Research Institute;
• Indian Institute of Packaging;
• Spices Export Promotion Council and
• Cashew Export Promotion Council.

Twelve members appointed by the Central Government representing;

• Fruit and Vegetable Products Industries;
• Meat, Poultry and Dairy Products Industries;
• Other Scheduled Products Industries;
• Packaging Industry;

Two members appointed by the Central Government from amongst specialists and scientists in the fields of  agriculture,  economics and marketing of the scheduled products.