Lok Sabha Question No. 1503 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-11
Subject: Linking Mandis with e-NAM
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: P. Ravindhranath

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1503

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## LINKING MANDIS WITH e-NAM

1503.  SHRI  P. RAVEENDRANATH  KUMAR:

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

- (a) whether the Government has proposed to link 22,000 mandis across the country with the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM), an online trading platform for agricultural commodities by 2021-22;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  total  number  of  mandis  linked  under  e-NAM  till  now across the country; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to achieve the target of connecting all mandis and creating  a  separate  platform  for  farmers  to  sell  their  produce  without  the  intervention  of middlemen?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (c): Government  is  implementing  National  Agriculture  Market  (e-NAM)  scheme wherein regulated whole sale mandis are integrated/linked through virtual platform to facilitate online trading of Agriculture  and horticulture commodities through transparent price discovery for produce of farmers through competitive online bidding system. The e-NAM platform provides a choice to the farmers for selling their produce to traders without any intermediation including without commission agents. There are 6946 regulated wholesale mandis (Agriculture Produce Market  Committee  markets)  in  the  country  as  on  31.03.2018.  So  far,  as  per  the  target,  585 mandis of 16 States and 02 Union Territories have been integrated with e-NAM platform. Statewise  details  of  wholesale  regulated  markets  integrated  with  e-NAM  Platform  is  annexed. Further, Government has identified 421 mandis for integration.

## State-wise No. of wholesale regulated markets integrated with e-NAM Platform

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

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