[feb] Electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM)

Question 1

what’s new?

Answer 1

Earlier, To sell agri produce throuh e-NAM, farmers had to take their produce to APMC mandis and then log in to the electronic platform and sell BUT now it can be sold from FPO collection centres and WDRA registered warehouses also by log in through e-NAM (this was done in April 2020).

Question 2

new services

Answer 2

Logistics services has also been integrated with e-NAM for transporting the agri produce and their are various other services which are also being integrated like QC services, transportation & delivery services, sorting/grading services, packaging services, insurance, trade finance, warehouses etc. through the e-NAM platform.

Question 3

karnataka case?

Answer 3

Before e-NAM was launched, Karnataka had already a developed electronic platform for sale of agri produce and now that ReMS platform of Govt. of Karnataka is also being integrated with e-NAM

Question 4

Provisions in Budget

Answer 4

1000 physical APMC mandis have already been integrated and Finance Minister in the Budget announced that 1000 more mandis will be integrated through e-NAM. 1.69 crore farmers and 1.55 lakh traders are registered on e-NAM and Rs 1.22 lakh crore of agre-trade has already been done through e-NAM