Lok Sabha Question No. 1521 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-12
Subject: Shift to e-NAM
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: FEROZE VARUN GANDHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1521

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 12 TH   FEBRUARY, 2019

## SHIFT TO  e-NAM

1521.   SHRI  FEROZE VARUN  GANDHI:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has been successful in roping in agricultural markets in  all  the States/UTs,  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b) the  details  of  the  types of  farm produce and commodities that have been traded so far, including the change, if any, in remuneration paid to farmers due to their shift to e-NAM;
- (c) whether the Government has any plan  to  make  the  shift  to  e-NAM mandatory for all the farmers to counter rampant trade malpractices in mandis;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether  the  Government  is planning to undertake any study/establish any committee to study the successes and lacunae  in  the  current  e-NAM  policy; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI   GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a): In  order  to  facilitate  farmers  with  remunerative  prices  for  their  produce  through  online competitive  bidding  system  in  transparent  manner,  the  Government  is  implementing  National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) Scheme. So far, 585 wholesale regulated markets of 16 States and 02  Union  Territories  (UTs)  have  been  integrated  with  e-NAM  platform.    State/UT  wise  list  of wholesale regulated markets integrated with e-NAM platform is at Annexure-I.
- (b): Types  of  farm  produce  traded  on  e-NAM  platform  includes  Cereals,  Coarse  Cereals Pulses, Oil Seeds, Fruits, Vegetables, Spices, Fiber Crops, Forest Produce, Flowers and other miscellaneous commodities. So far, trading in 123 commodities has been carried out on e-NAM platform.

No  specific  study  has  been  conducted  to  assess  the  charge  in  remuneration  paid  to farmers due to their shift to e-NAM.

- (c) & (d): Farmers are free to register on e-NAM Portal and sell their produce. There is no proposal to make trading on  e-NAM platform  mandatory  for all  the farmers.   The online  and transparent bidding system is encouraging farmers to join increasingly on e-NAM platform.  So far more 1.45 crore farmers have registered on e-NAM.
- (e) & (f): Regular monitoring is done and improvement is a continuous process.

Annexure-I

State/Union Territory wise number of mandis linked with e-NAM platform

| S.No   | State            |   Mandis Integrated |
|--------|------------------|---------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh   |                  22 |
| 2      | Chandigarh       |                   1 |
| 3      | Chhattisgarh     |                  14 |
| 4      | Gujarat          |                  79 |
| 5      | Haryana          |                  54 |
| 6      | Himachal Pradesh |                  19 |
| 7      | Jharkhand        |                  19 |
| 8      | Madhya Pradesh   |                  58 |
| 9      | Maharashtra      |                  60 |
| 10     | Odisha           |                  10 |
| 11     | Puducherry       |                   2 |
| 12     | Punjab           |                  19 |
| 13     | Rajasthan        |                  25 |
| 14     | Tamil Nadu       |                  23 |
| 15     | Telangana        |                  47 |
| 16     | Uttar Pradesh    |                 100 |
| 17     | Uttarakhand      |                  16 |
| 18     | West Bengal      |                  17 |
| Total  | Total            |                 585 |

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