Lok Sabha Question No. 35 (STARRED), answered on 2019-02-05
Subject: e-Payment Facility under e-NAM
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI

O.I.H.

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

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 35

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## e-PAYMENT FACILITY UNDER e-NAM

## *35.     SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has launched e-payment facility under e-NAM platform;
- (b) if so, the manner in which it is going to benefit the farmers; and
- (c) the States which have been linked with this scheme so far?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH)

- (a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 35   DUE FOR REPLY ON 5 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019.

- (a): Yes,  Madam.    The  Government  has  provided  e-payment  facility  on  e-NAM  platform. Buyers can make online payment using facilities such as Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)/ National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT), Debit Card, Internet Banking and Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) based on the Unified Payment Interface (UPI). Online payment facility on e-NAM is also available through the mobile application.
- (b): The e-payment facility enables sale proceeds in e-NAM to be directly transferred from buyers  account  to  the  bank  account  of  the  farmers  in  a  transparent,  speedy  and  safe manner.    Till 30 th January,  2019,  a  total of  34692  farmers  have  received  payment  of Rs.276.88 crore from  5844 buyers through e-payment  facility of e-NAM platform.
- (c): Till date, 585 mandis of 16 States & 02 Union Territories (UTs) have been linked with e-NAM platform. State/UT wise details are enclosed at Annexure.

## Annexure

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

| Sr. 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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