Lok Sabha Question No. 5221 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-27
Subject: Electronic National Agriculture Market
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5221

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  27 TH  MARCH, 2018

## ELECTRONIC NATIONAL AGRICULTURE MARKET

5221.     SHRI PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY:

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

- (a) whether the Government unveiled mobile payment facility BHIM and other features in regional  languages  as  well  in  a  bid  to  engage  more  farmers  on  the  electronic  National Agriculture Market (eNAM) platform, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  come  up  with  enhanced  and  strengthened  features  of eNAM like MIS dashboard, BHIM and other mobile payment facilities enhanced features on mobile app such as gate entry and payment via mobiles and propose to gradually add more features to eNAM to make it robust for the benefit of farmers in the country, if so, the details thereof along with results achieved in this regard; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and its level of reach to farmers so far?

## 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) to (c): Yes,  Madam.  To  further  strengthen  the  National  Agriculture  Market  system popularly  known  as  e-NAM,  the  Government  has  recently  rolled  out  new  and  user  friendly features  in  English,  Hindi,  Gujarati,  Tamil,  Telugu,  Marathi,  Bengali  and  Odia  languages    to engage  more  farmers  on  the  electronic  National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) platform.

Now Mandi Operators including farmers can carry out one of the critical operations of Gate Entry directly from e-NAM Mobile App. The farmers can also see the real time bidding of their  lot  being  traded  and  also  view  the  assaying  certificate  on  the  Mobile  App.  Buyers  can make online payment through e-NAM Mobile App using debit card and net banking. The facility of  payment through Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) Unified Payment Interface (UPI) has also been provided on e-NAM portal as well as Mobile App.

In addition to above, e-NAM website has recently been upgraded to include e-learning module in Hindi so that various stake holders including farmers can learn online about how to operate on the e-NAM system and continuously get trained at their convenience. Further, eNAM  has  been  integrated with Central  Farmer  Database  for quick identification  and registration of farmers.

These features have been deployed very recently, thus the results will be visible over a period  of  time.  In  order  to  educate  farmers  on  the  new  features,  the  Government  is disseminating information on them through various conferences, seminars, awareness camps, melas and Gram Sabha programmes so that more and more farmers are linked to e-NAM.

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