Lok Sabha Question No. 3822 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-16
Subject: Implementation of e-NAM
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Supriya Sadanand Sule, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3822

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  16 TH  JULY, 2019

## IMPLEMENTATION OF E-NAM

3822.  SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE: DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE: DR. HEENA GAVIT: SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE: DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

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

- (a) whether the Government has implemented online National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) in the country, if so, the details and objectives thereof, State/UTwise;
- (b) the  number of new e-mandis which were integrated into the e-NAM Mandi platform since 31 March, 2018;
- (c) whether the Government has been successful in roping in agricultural markets in all the States/UTs and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of the types of farm produce and commodities that have been traded so far, including the change, if any, in remuneration paid to farmers due to their shift to e-NAM;
- (e) whether the Government has any plan to make the shift to e-NAM mandatory for all the farmers to counter rampant trade malpractices in mandis and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  modernise  the  existing  mandis, provide the requisite market information to the farmers and strengthen the agricultural market infrastructure in the country including those in rural areas?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष

एवं कसान कयाण मंी ( SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (c): Yes Sir. In order to facilitate farmers with remunerative prices for their produce through  online  competitive  bidding  system  in  transparent  manner,  the  Government  is implementing National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) Scheme.

Three  reforms  are  mandatory  for  States/Union  Territories  (UTs)  in  their  respective State Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Acts for integrating their mandis with 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  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.

Government of India provides assistance to the States, such as free access to e-NAM platform,  financial  assistance  for  computer  hardware,  electronic  weighing  scale,  assaying equipments and networking. In addition, a Mandi Analyst for each e-NAM mandi is provided for a year for handholding and training to stakeholders in the mandis being integrated. Total 585 wholesale regulated markets of 16 States and 02 UTs have been integrated with e-NAM platform till now which were commissioned by 31 st March, 2018. State-wise list of wholesale regulated  markets  integrated  with  e-NAM  platform  is  annexed.  Now  consolidation  work  in these 585 e-NAM mandis were being carried out, for which now inter-State trade has started on e-NAM platform. Government of India has further approved the integration of additional 415 wholesale regulated markets with e-NAM platform.

(d): Already trading parameters for 150 agricultural and horticultural commodities such as cereals,  pulses,  oilseeds,  fruits  &  vegetables,  spices,  flowers  and  fiber  crops  have  been provided.  Presently,  trading  in  116  commodities  has  been  carried  out  on  e-NAM  platform. No specific study has been done to find out change in remuneration paid to farmers due to their shift to e-NAM. However, States have informed that farmers are getting remunerative prices  for  their  produce  because  of  assaying,  transparency  and  competitive  bidding  in auction process and e-payments to farmers on e-NAM platform.

(e): There  is  no  proposal  to  make  trading  on  e-NAM  platform  mandatory  for  all  the farmers. Farmers are free to register on e-NAM Portal and sell their produce. The online and transparent bidding system is encouraging farmers to join increasingly on e-NAM platform. So far, more than 1.64 crore farmers have registered on e-NAM platform.

(f): To modernise the existing mandis, the Government is providing additional assistance under  e-NAM  Scheme  for  infrastructure  for  assaying,  cleaning,  grading,  sorting  and packaging facilities in the e-NAM mandis. Market information of agricultural commodities is also provided to farmers on e-NAM Portal. In addition, the Government is promoting market information  system  of  agricultural  commodities  through  Agricultural  Marketing  Information Network (AGMARKNET) Portal. Further, various schemes of Government of India such as Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana-Remunerative  Approaches  for  Agriculture  and  Allied  Sector Rejuvenation (RKVY-RAFTAAR), Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) scheme as well as Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture and Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters) aim  at  promoting  modern  infrastructure  including  that  of  post-harvest  and  marketing infrastructure for agriculture marketing  in the country including that in  rural areas and rural haats  .  In  addition,  basic  infrastructure  in  existing  rural  haats  can  be  developed  by  states through Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).

## State/Union Territory wise number of wholesale regulated markets integrated with e-NAM platform

| Sr. No   | State/Union Territory   |   wholesale regulated markets 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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