The full form of APMC stands for Agricultural Produce Market Committee. APMC is the marketing board established by the State Governments of India. APMC aims to protect farmers from exploitation by large retailers and intermediaries who force them to sell their produce at marginally low prices. This also ensures the farm to retail prices are well regulated and does not reach unreasonable levels.
In 1960s and 1970s, most of the states in India enacted the Agricultural Produce Markets Regulation (APMR) Acts and the primary wholesale assembling markets were brought under the ambit of these Acts. Well planned trade market yards and sub-yards were constructed and, for each market area, an Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) was formed to outline the related rules and regulations and enforce them. In this way, organized agricultural marketing was established through these regulated APMC markets.