The Department has taken initiative through the Directorate of Agricultural Marketing and Orissa State Agricultural Marketing Board for establishment of Krushak Bazars where market infrastructure and facility would be provided for the vegetable growers near the urban areas, who can sell their produce directly to the consumers, so that, both the producer and consumer  would be financially benefited there being no middle man or traders. About 8 such Bazars are proposed to be established during the current year.

2)The Department is working to bring about a self-help cooperative societies Act under which the cooperatives can function just like voluntary agencies, there being no Government financial support or interferance in the management of such societies  as is experienced under the existing Orissa Cooperative Societies Act.

3) Kissan Credit Card

Since availing crop loan from the cooperatives was consuming more than a month's time due to different paraphernalia at Primary, Central and Apex Bank level and since there was often harassment of different types to the loanees, the Cooperative Banks in  the State have implemented a system of issuing Kissan Credit Cards to the farmers as per recommendation of the RBI, NABARD, Government of India and as approved by the State Government. Under this scheme, the card indicates the drawal limits for both khariff and Rabi seasons for 3 years in respect of card holder and the card holder can draw his required amount in part or in full by production of cheque in the branches of the Central Coop. Banks. The card holders therefore need not have to run to the society time and again to draw his required amounts during agricultural operations particularly. He is now free to draw amounts, within the ceiling as and when he needs and thereby he saves interest. Moreover, he would not like to become a defaulter in repayment of loan as that would render his credit card useless. By 30.06.2000, 6.98 lakhs cards have been distributed by the Cooperative Banks and Orissa stood 3^rd in the Country in implementing the above scheme during 1999-2000.