Lok Sabha Question No. 4097 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-20
Subject: Reform in Krishi Mandis
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA

O.I.H.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4097

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  20 TH  MARCH, 2018

## REFORM IN KRISHI MANDIS

4097.  SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE      ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has prepared any scheme for bringing reforms in the 'Krishi  Mandis'  for  ensuring  fair  price  for  agricultural  produce  of  the  farmers  of  the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  total  number  of  rural  markets  identified  for  being  transformed  into  new mandis in various parts of the country;
- (d) the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (e) the total number of mandis transformed into e-mandis in the country during the last three years along with the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã ½ãñâ Àã·¾ã ½ãâ¨ããè ( SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) & (b): With aim to fetch remunerative price for farmers produce through online competitive  bidding,  the  Government  launched  a  scheme  called  National  Agriculture Market  (e-NAM)  on  14 th April,  2016.  The  scheme  is  reform  linked  and  participating States are required to carry  out three mandatory reforms in their Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Acts. Government of India is providing free software, one IT  expert  for  one  year  per  mandi,  one  State  Level  Coordinator  to  each  State  and financial  assistance  to  States  @  30  lakh  per  mandi  for  hardware  including  quality assaying equipments/ infrastructure, for installation and rollout of e-NAM platform.

(c) & (d): As per Union Budget Announcement, 2018-19, existing 22000 rural haats are targeted to be developed and upgraded into Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs). These  GrAMs  after  development  are  to  be  linked  to  e-NAM  portal  and  shall  be exempted from regulations of Agriculture Produce Marketing Committees (APMCs). As per available data collected from State Agricultural Marketing Boards, the total number of  rural  periodical  markets  in  the  country  is  22711,  majority  of  which  are  under  local institutions of Panchyati Raj of States. State-wise details of rural haats is at Annexure-I.

(e): e-NAM scheme was launched on 14 th April,  2016. As on 19.03.2018, a total of 551 regulated  wholesale  markets  have  been  integrated  with  e-NAM  platform.  Further 159 regulated wholesale markets have been integrated under a State level e-Marketing platform  of  Karnataka,  named  Rashtriya  e-Marketing  Services  (ReMS).  State-wise details of wholesale markets integrated with e-NAM and ReMS are at Annexure-II.

## Annexure-I

State-wise details of Rural Periodical Markets as on 31.03.2017

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   |   Total |
|-----------|---------------------|---------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      |       0 |
| 2         | Andman &Nicobar     |      23 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh   |     256 |
| 4         | Assam               |    1319 |
| 5         | Bihar               |    1794 |
| 6         | Chandigarh          |       0 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh        |    1132 |
| 8         | Dadra Nagar Haveli  |       0 |
| 9         | Daman &Diu          |       0 |
| 10        | Goa                 |       0 |
| 11        | Gujarat             |       0 |
| 12        | Haryana             |       0 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh    |       0 |
| 14        | Jammu& Kashmir      |       8 |
| 15        | Jharkhand           |     602 |
| 16        | Karnataka           |     730 |
| 17        | Kerala              |    1106 |
| 18        | Lakshdweep          |       0 |
| 19        | Madhya Pradesh      |    2550 |
| 20        | Maharashtra         |    3500 |
| 21        | Manipur             |     119 |
| 22        | Meghalya            |     124 |
| 23        | Mizoram             |     220 |
| 24        | Nagaland            |       0 |
| 25        | Nct of Delhi        |       0 |
| 26        | Odisha              |    1548 |
| 27        | Puducherry          |       0 |
| 28        | Punjab              |       0 |
| 29        | Rajasthan           |       0 |
| 30        | Sikkim              |       0 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu          |     501 |
| 32        | Telangana           |     261 |
| 33        | Tripura             |     554 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh       |    3464 |
| 35        | Uttrakhand          |       0 |
| 36        | West Bengal         |    2900 |
|           | Total               |   22711 |

## Annexure-II

State wise wholesale regulated markets integrated with e-NAM during last three years

| Sl. No   | State/Union Territory   |   Number of mandis integrated with e-NAM |
|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1        | ANDHRA PRADESH          |                                       22 |
| 2        | CHANDIGARH              |                                        1 |
| 3        | CHHATTISGARH            |                                       14 |
| 4        | GUJARAT                 |                                       75 |
| 5        | HARYANA                 |                                       54 |
| 6        | HIMACHAL PRADESH        |                                       19 |
| 7        | JHARKHAND               |                                       19 |
| 8        | MADHYA PRADESH          |                                       58 |
| 9        | MAHARASHTRA             |                                       60 |
| 10       | ODISHA                  |                                       10 |
| 11       | PUDUCHERRY              |                                       01 |
| 12       | RAJASTHAN               |                                       25 |
| 13       | TAMILNADU               |                                       16 |
| 14       | TELANGANA               |                                       46 |
| 15       | UTTAR PRADESH           |                                      100 |
| 16       | UTTARAKHAND             |                                       16 |
| 17       | WEST BENGAL             |                                       15 |
| Total    | Total                   |                                      551 |

## Other e-Marketing platforms

|   Sl. No | State/Union Territory   |   Number of mandis integrated with Rashtriya e-market Services (ReMS) |
|----------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Karnataka               |                                                                   159 |

Grand total of e-Mandis:        710

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