The Agricultural Produce Market Committee, Sangola, was established on 25 July 1960 to control the regulated agricultural produce sales system and started its actual functioning on 17 July 1962. The functioning of the market committee is carried out as per the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development and Regulation) Act, 1963. The Agricultural Produce Market Committee, Sangola is the main market and the sub-market is Mahood Budruk. Dt. 21 March 1985. The premises of the main market are spread over 43 acres of land. The main market is Bhusar and Dalib Market for buying and selling. The sub-market is Mahood Budruk. There is Bhusar Market and there is an area of ​​0.10 R. There is a Godavun office and a borewell water tank. The main objective of the market committee is to provide justice in the purchase and sale of agricultural products of farmers and to fulfill their needs accordingly and to get the right price for the agricultural products.

The market committee of Sangola, which is attracting the attention of Maharashtra, was formed by the government to ensure that the farmers get a reasonable price for their grown products and to sell the produced products. The market committee of Sangola is at the top of Maharashtra. Because the planning and discipline of the market committee has led to the development of the market committee and the farmers due to the efforts of Hon. Kanpatraoji Deshmukh Saheb.

The famous market for buying and selling animals in western Maharashtra is held in the Sangola market premises. Farmers and traders are benefiting from the market for Khillar cows, Khonds, Pandharpuri buffaloes, crossbred Jersey cows, and goats and sheep under one roof. The famous livestock market is held every week for two days, on weekends and Sundays. The average turnover in this market is estimated to be 4 to 5 crores.

Sangola taluka is famous in the country for pomegranates. These pomegranates are sent to foreign countries. Every day, a large number of pomegranates are bought and sold in the main yard. Due to this, farmers are getting a fair and reasonable price for their pomegranates. The trading class from foreign countries is being attracted to the market committee. The market committee has provided the following amenities for farmers and traders in the main market yard. These include asphalt and cement roads, farmers and porters' buildings, electricity, toilets, clean drinking water for animals and farmers, shelter sheds for farmers, auction houses, traders and commercial stalls have been built in the pomegranate market, a warehouse corporation facility for storing goods for farmers by sweetening the chaff, and a mortgage loan facility for agricultural products due to the falling prices of agricultural products through the market committee. There are iron pegs for tying animals, as well as shelter sheds for tying animals. Separate arrangements have been made for goats and sheep. Also, HP Company's petrol, diesel and CNG pumps are running on Miraj Pandharpur Road of the organization.

Under the guidance of Hon'ble MLA Dr. Bhai Late Ganpatraoji Deshmukh Saheb, when farmers were in trouble, the market committee responded to the government's challenge and started a fodder depot for animals in 2011 during the drought. In 2019, when a flood situation arose in Kolhapur and Sangli districts, the organization provided financial assistance. At the same time, the pandemic disease like Corona, which has besieged the world and turned human life upside down, in such a situation, the laborers were not even getting two meals a day. At that time, kits of essential items were delivered to 2103 families.

Functions

• Providing all the necessary facilities for the business of buying and selling agricultural produce in the market premises.
• Protecting the interests of farmers in agricultural produce
• Selling agricultural produce through open auction.
• Accurate weighing of agricultural produce sold in the market premises.
• Getting money to farmers within 24 hours of selling agricultural produce.
• Free settlement of disputes.
• Ensuring that agricultural produce is not bought and sold at a price lower than the support price of agricultural produce fixed by the government.
• Encouraging farmers to increase the quantity and quality of agricultural produce.
• Issuing licenses to traders/traders, porters, weighers, helpers, processors, renewal of licenses, cancellation, etc.
• To inspect the accounting records and supporting documents of the licensee and certify the accounts/bills as per the provisions of the Market Committee Act and Rules.