Lok Sabha Question No. 4566 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-23
Subject: Review of e-NAM
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Nama Nageswara Rao

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4566

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 23 rd  MARCH, 2021

## REVIEW OF e-NAM

4566.         SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO:

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

- (a) whether the Government has reviewed the efficacy of e-NAM in helping farmers to get timely payment for their produce, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it is a fact that a majority of e-NAM transactions are settled outside the system, if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to strengthen the e-NAM platform to improve farmers' income?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a): 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). It was mentioned in the report that as on 14th 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. Further,  as  per  the  report,  significant  number  of  farmers  opined  prompt  payment  of sales proceeds through e-NAM.
- (b): e-NAM  transactions  can  be  settled  through  different  available  modes  of payment outside e-NAM such as through cash payment, cheque payment, Real Time Gross  Settlement  (RTGS)/  National  Electronic  Funds  Transfer  (NEFT),  Debit  Card, Internet Banking etc. in addition to that through e-payment facility available through eNAM.  While  e-payment  facility  in  e-NAM  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, it is not mandatory. So far, Rs 1047 crore has been paid through e-payment facility in e-NAM.

- (c) Following are some of the major steps taken by the Government to strengthen the e-NAM platform to improve farmers' income:-
- i. Integration  of  additional  415  mandis  with  e-NAM,  taking  the  total  number  of mandis to 1000 across 18 states and 3 UTs, thus bringing more markets access to farmers to sell their agriculture produce.
- ii. FPO trading module has been launched whereby FPOs can trade their produce from their collection center/ premise without bringing the produce to APMC.
- iii. Warehouse based trading module is provided in e-NAM to  facilitate trade from warehouses based on e-NWR
- iv. Further  the  e-NAM  platform  is  made  inter  operable  with  Rashtriya  e  Market Services Private  Limited  (ReMS)  platform  of  Government  of  Karnataka  which will  facilitate  famers  of  either  platforms  were  can  sell  their  produce  in  other platform thereby increasing their market access.
- v. GPS Based e-NAM Mandi Locator: Farmers / Sellers can locate their nearby eNAM  mandi  using  GPS  based  mandi  locator  feature  through  e-NAM  mobile app. This will helps the farmers to easily locate and reach the selected mandis and sell their agri-produce.
- vi. Integration  with  AGMARKNET  platform:  Farmer  can  access  the  prevailing commodity prices & arrival information of e-NAM mandi as well as non e-NAM mandi on e-NAM mobile app. prior to even going to the mandi.
- vii. e-NAM portal is available in English and 11 Indian languages (Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Odiya, Dogri,  Malayalam  and Kannada) to facilitate farmers to use e-NAM in the language of their choice.

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