Lok Sabha Question No. 517 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-25
Subject: Establishment of e-Mandis
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Giridhari Yadav, Rama Devi

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 517

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH   JUNE, 2019

## ESTABLISHMENT  OF  E-MANDIS

517.      SHRI GIRIDHARI YADAV: SHRIMATI  RAMA  DEVI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken any initiative for establishment of e-mandis in Bihar;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, location-wise;
- (c) the number of  farmers benefited from the e-mandis established in Madhya Pradesh;
- (d) the funds earmarked and spent by the  Government  for  the  said  established e-mandis;
- (e) the  facilities  being  provided  to farmers at e-mandis; and
- (f) the  outcome of  the  review  work done for the said facilities?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a) & (b): Three reforms are mandatory for States/Union Territories (UTs) in their respective State  Agricultural  Produce  Market  Committee  (APMC)  Acts  for  integrating  their  mandis  with National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) platform i.e. (i) Provision for e-trading, (ii) Single point levy of  market  fee,  (iii)  Unified  Single  trading  license  for  the  State.  States  without  APMC  Act  like Bihar need to provide legally enforceable guidelines and institutional mechanism for implementing  e-NAM.  Based  on  the  proposals  received  from  the  compliant  States/Union Territories  (UTs),  mandis  are  considered  for  integration  by  Government  of  India    with  e-NAM platform. However, Government of Bihar has not proposed any of their market for integration with e-NAM platform.

- (c): Number of farmers who have sold their produce on e-NAM platform in Madhya Pradesh is 10,80,704.

(d): The  fund  released  by  the  Government  of  India  to  States/UTs  under  e-NAM  Scheme based on need  during 2015-16 to 2018-19 is Rs. 423.23 crore. The fund  released to Madhya Pradesh during 2015-16 to 2018-19 under e-NAM is Rs. 50.42 crore.

(e): Many facilities  are  available  to  farmers  at  e-mandis  for  using  e-NAM  platform  among which the major facilities are as under:

- (i)    Farmers  can  access  the  prevailing  commodity  prices  information  on  e-NAM  mobile  app even without going to the mandi.
- (ii) Facility of pre-registration of lot by farmers for their produce available through mobile app to facilitate quick gate entry of the lot during peak season.
- (iii)  Facility of quality testing of the produce of the farmers before bidding.
- (iv) Farmers may view progress of online bid value of their produce through mobile.
- (v)  The details of final bid rate of commodity of farmer are received through SMS by farmers.
- (vi)  Online payment gateway is available for transfer of bid value directly to bank accounts of farmers.

(f): The  facilities  provided  to  farmers  in  e-NAM  mandis  are  continuously  reviewed  by  the Government.   The   feedback   on the   various   facilities,  such as, quality assaying, e-trading, e-payment  etc.  is  provided  to  States  to  improve  their  functioning.  As  an  outcome  of  the continuous  review,  the  facilities  such  as  inter-mandi  trade,  inter-state  trade,  quality  assaying, number of commodities on e-NAM, e-trading, e-payment etc. have improved. The number of farmers and buyers registered on e-NAM platform have been continuously increasing.

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