Lok Sabha Question No. 3234 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-16
Subject: Farmers Enrolled on e-NAM
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Jayadev Galla, Vishnu Dayal Ram

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3234

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 16 TH  MARCH, 2021

## FARMERS ENROLLED ON e-NAM

3234.  SHRI JAYADEV GALLA: SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

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

- (a) whether the Government has made any assessment of the online trading platform for agricultural commodities (e-NAM); and
- (b) if so, the details of the progress made in the implementation of the e-NAM platform;
- (c) the total number of farmers in the country as of January, 2021, State-wise;
- (d) whether only 1.66 crore farmers have been enrolled under e-NAM project and if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (e) the  corrective  measures  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) & (b): Government of India through CCS National Institute of Agricultural Marketing  (NIAM),  an  autonomous  organization  of  Department  of  Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers' Welfare, has carried out the assessment of the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) scheme, with report titled Performance Evaluation of e-National Agriculture Market' (October, 2020).

As  mentioned  in  the  aforesaid  report,  as  on  15 th May,  2020,    1000 wholesale  mandis  of  18  States  and  03  Union  Territories  (UTs)  have  been integrated with e-NAM platform. Further it has been mentioned that e-NAM has registered a user base of 1.66 crore farmers, 1012 Farmer Producer Organizations  (FPOs)  and  1.31  lakh  traders  on  e-NAM  platform  and  175 commodities including food grains, oilseeds, fruits & vegetables are traded on eNAM  platform.  It  further  mentions  that  as  on  14 th May,  2020,  farmers  have transacted over Rs 1 Lakh crore on the e-NAM platform with a trade volume of 3.43 crore tones of commodities and 38.16 Lakh bamboo and coconuts.

(c): The  numbers  of  cultivators  is  estimated  through  decennial  Census  by office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Government of India. As per last Census data, 2011, the number of cultivators is given as Annexure-I .

(d) & (e): The farmers are free to sell their wholesale produce in any APMC markets.  Also  APMCs  help  farmers  in  registering  as  sellers  in  e-NAM.  As  per registration  in  the  e-NAM  portal,  more  than  1.69  crore  farmers  as  sellers  have been  registered  as  farmers.    State-wise  list  of  farmers  enrolled  under  e-NAM platform is at Annexure-II .

Annexure-I State-wise Number of Agricultural Workers

| State/ UTs                | Cultivators (Main and Marginal)   |
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| India                     | 118808780                         |
| Jammu &Kashmir            | 1245316                           |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 2062062                           |
| Punjab                    | 1934511                           |
| Chandigarh                | 2578                              |
| Uttarakhand               | 1580423                           |
| Haryana                   | 2480801                           |
| Delhi                     | 33398                             |
| Rajasthan                 | 13618870                          |
| Uttar Pradesh             | 19057888                          |
| Bihar                     | 7196226                           |
| Sikkim                    | 117401                            |
| Arunachal Pradesh         | 302723                            |
| Nagaland                  | 537702                            |
| Manipur                   | 574031                            |
| Mizoram                   | 229603                            |
| Tripura                   | 295947                            |
| Meghalaya                 | 494675                            |
| Assam                     | 4061627                           |
| West bengal               | 5116688                           |
| Jharkhand                 | 3814832                           |
| Odisha                    | 4103989                           |
| Chhattisgarh              | 4004796                           |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 9844439                           |
| Gujarat                   | 5447500                           |
| Daman & Diu               | 2316                              |
|                           | 28164                             |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |                                   |
| Maharashtra               | 12569373                          |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 6491522                           |
| Karnataka                 | 6580649                           |
| Goa                       | 31354                             |
| Lakshadweep               | 0                                 |
| Kerala                    | 670253                            |
| Tamil Nadu                | 4248457                           |
| Puducherry                | 12099                             |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 16567                             |

Annexure-II

## The State wise list of farmers registered on e-NAM is as follows:

| S. No       | States/ Union Territory   |   Registered Farmer |
|-------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh            |             1441730 |
| 2           | Chhattisgarh              |              135132 |
| 3           | Gujarat                   |              868201 |
| 4           | Haryana                   |             2724420 |
| 5           | Himachal Pradesh          |              121759 |
| 6           | Jharkhand                 |              213411 |
| 7           | Karnataka                 |                1393 |
| 8           | Kerala                    |                1197 |
| 9           | Madhya Pradesh            |             3020742 |
| 10          | Maharashtra               |             1194045 |
| 11          | Odisha                    |              160121 |
| 12          | Punjab                    |              216837 |
| 13          | Rajasthan                 |             1392955 |
| 14          | Tamil Nadu                |              272088 |
| 15          | Telangana                 |             1822885 |
| 16          | Uttar Pradesh             |             3300174 |
| 17          | Uttarakhand               |               53861 |
| 18          | West Bengal               |               25579 |
| 19          | Chandigarh                |                7106 |
| 20          | Jammu And Kashmir         |                  98 |
| 21          | Puducherry                |               13481 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total               |            16987215 |

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