The overall objective of the paper is to assess the post-harvest losses in major fruits both in physical and economic terms at different stages of handling and to develop strategies to reduce these losses. The specific objectives are: (i) to identify the major channels and practices of packing and transport in marketing of selected fruits, (ii) to estimate post-harvest losses at various stages of handling and to compute costs, margins and efficiency of marketing in selected fruits, and (iii) to quantify the magnitude of losses at the national level, and to recommend suitable measures to reduce the post-harvest losses.