A week after Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan assigned an Agriculture Ministry official the additional charge of Managing Director at NAFED, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) shifted the responsibility to an official from the Ministry of Cooperation.

About National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED)

• NAFED is an apex organization of marketing cooperatives for agricultural produce in India.
• It is registered under the Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002.
• It comes under the Ministry of Agriculture.
• Founded on: 2 October 1958 
• Role: To promote the trade of agricultural produce and forest resources across the nation.
• Headquarters : New Delhi, 
• Four regional offices: Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata
  • 28 zonal offices in capitals of states and important cities.

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About Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

• Chaired by: Prime Minister 
• Ministerial Members: Union Minister of Home Affairs and Union Minister of  Cooperation
• Role: Responsible for appointing senior officials to key positions in the Central government, public sector undertakings and autonomous bodies.