National Egg Coordination Committee

National Egg Coordination Committee

Founder	Dr. Banda Vasudev Rao
Established	May 1982
Chair	Dr. Banda Vasudev Rao
Slogan	"Sunday ho ya Monday Roz khao Ande" (Sunday or Monday but take egg daily) [1] [2]
Location	India
Website	www.e2necc.com

National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC) is an association of poultry farmers in India with more than 25,000 members. Its programmes include market intervention, price support operations, egg promotion campaigns, consumer education, market research, rural market development and liaisons with the government on vital issues concerning the industry.

Objectives

NECC's role in the Indian egg industry mainly focuses on egg pricing. After fulfilling its original purpose, NECC expanded its scope of activities to achieve the following: ^[3]

• Determining egg prices based on fair return for farmers, decent margin for middlemen, and reasonable cost for customer. ^[4]
• Monitoring, managing, and regulating the stocks from surplus regions to deficit regions.
• Market intervention through Agrocorpex India Limited.
• Having a dependable and close network of marketeers that use multi-level marketing to sell the products.
• Promoting egg trade, egg farm, and egg exports.
• Making technology and information available for increased production of eggs.

History

The Indian Poultry industry suffered a series of crises in the early 1980s, since the selling price had dropped below production costs. ^{[5] [6]} Many poultry farmers shut down operations due to heavy losses. A group of farmers motivated by Dr. B. V. Rao and Ch. Jagapati Rao traveled across the country, organising over 300 meetings with groups, individuals, and traders. Their objective was to unite poultry farmers from all over India. In May 1982, NECC was formally registered as a trust under the Indian Societies Registration Act and on May 14, 1982, NECC started declaring egg prices. ^[7]

References

1. Tagare, Subodh (18 April 2022). "Throwback: NECC's 'Egg'cellent 'Roz Khao Ande'". Forbes India. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
2. Kumar, Pradeep (18 July 2022). "Sunday ho ya Monday, roz khao ande!". Arunachal Observer. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
3. "Objectives : Aiming high and how are they achieved". National Egg coordination Committee. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
4. "NECC fixes minimum wholesale price for egg". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
5. Diwase, S. Indian Agriculture & Agri-Business Management (2nd ed.). p. 412. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
6. Sharma, Dinesh C (2022). Indian Innovation, Not Jugaad - 100 Ideas that Transformed India. Roli Books. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
7. "The Beginning". National Egg coordination Committee. Retrieved 11 December 2012.