National Egg Coordination Committee

National Egg Co-ordination Committee

Founder	Banda Vasudev Rao
Established	May 1982
Chair	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

The National Egg Co-ordination Committee (NECC) is a non-governmental public Charitable Trust established by Dr. B.V. Rao in May 1982 for the welfare of poultry farmers in India. ^[3] The trust has more than 35,000 members. ^[3] It publishes daily and monthly average egg prices for various production centers. ^[4] These prices serve as indicative benchmarks but are not legally binding.

Objectives

The NECC's role in the Indian egg industry mainly focuses on egg pricing, with stated objectives including: ^[5]

• Determining egg prices based on a fair return for farmers, a decent margin for middlemen, and a reasonable cost for customers. ^[6]
• Monitoring, managing, and regulating the stocks from surplus regions to deficit regions.
• Market intervention through Agrocorpex India Limited.
• Having a network of marketers who utilize multi-level marketing to sell the products.
• Promoting egg trade, egg farms, and egg exports.
• Making technology and information available to increase egg production.

History

The Indian poultry industry suffered a series of crises in the early 1980s, due to the sale price dropping below production costs. ^{[7] [8]} Many poultry farmers shut down operations due to heavy financial losses. A group of farmers traveled across the country organizing over 300 meetings with groups, individuals, and traders with the objective of uniting poultry farmers from all over India. In May 1982, the NECC was formally registered as a trust under the Indian Societies Registration Act and, on 14 May 1982, the NECC started setting egg prices. ^[9]

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. "NECC". www.e2necc.com. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
4. "NECC Egg Prices". www.e2necc.com. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
5. "Objectives : Aiming high and how are they achieved". National Egg coordination Committee. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
6. "NECC fixes minimum wholesale price for egg". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
7. Diwase, S (May 2014). Indian Agriculture & Agri-Business Management (2nd ed.). Scientific Publishers. p. 412. ISBN   978-93-86347-62-6 . Retrieved 20 March 2025.
8. Sharma, Dinesh C (2022). Indian Innovation, Not Jugaad - 100 Ideas that Transformed India. Roli Books. ISBN   978-93-92130-08-3 . Retrieved 20 March 2025.
9. "The Beginning". National Egg coordination Committee. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2012.