Lok Sabha Question No. 125 (STARRED), answered on 2016-05-03
Subject: e-NAM
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: SHOBHA KARANDLAJE, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 125

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 3 RD  MAY, 2016

## e-NAM

## *125.     KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE: SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the existing mode/ system of accessing market information by the farmers;
- (b) whether the Government is contemplating to bring reforms in agricultural marketing and amend  the  Agriculture  Produce  Market  Committees  (APMC)  Act  to  break  the  monopoly  of middlemen/traders and provide benefit to the farmers and consumers, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has launched online National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) in the country, if so, the details and objectives thereof, State/UTwise;
- (d) the details of the mandis on the electronic platform across the country and the benefits likely to be derived therefrom along with the time by which all the mandis are likely to be on the electronic platform across the country; and
- (e) 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 षि एवं ककसान कल्याण ½ãâ¨ããè

(SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH)

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

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 125    DUE FOR REPLY ON 3 RD  MAY, 2016.

- (a): Farmers generally obtain market information from formal and informal sources which include Farmers' Awareness Programmes conducted by market functionaries  and market committees,  display  boards  exhibited  by  the  respective  Agriculture  Produce  Market Committees (APMCs) in mandi-yards,  Kisan Call Center (KCC), print & electronic media including Central AGMARKNET  portal and other websites and portals developed under the National e Governance Programme (NeGPA) by Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) and disseminated through multiple Information and Communication  Technology  (ICT)  delivery  channels  including  mobile  apps  like  Kisan Suvidha, Agri-market etc.
- (b): Agriculture marketing is administered by State Governments and Union Territories (UTs) as per their  respective  Agriculture  Produce  Marketing  (Regulation)  Acts.  Realising the need for reforms in the agri  -marketing sector, the Government has been playing an advocacy role and actively pursuing   with the States and UTs  to amend their marketing laws    on  lines  of  the  Model  APMC  Act,  2003/  Rules,  2007  and  of  many  subsequent advisories in order to promote, inter-alia, competition and transparency in sale transactions of agricultural produce by enhancing the number of active traders and reducing middlemen/ traders monopoly and cartels, so as to  enhance farmer's share in consumer's rupee.
- (c) & (d): With  the  objective  to  promote  uniformity  and  streamlining  of  procedures across the integrated markets, remove information asymmetry between buyers and sellers and  promote  real  time  price  discovery  based  on  actual  demand  and  supply,  promote transparency    in auction    process and  informed bidding, promote access to a nationwide

-2- market  for  the  farmer,  prices  commensurate  with  quality  of  his  produce  and  online payment and availability of better quality produce and to offer  reasonable prices to the consumer,  Government of India approved a Central Sector Scheme 'Promotion of National Agriculture Market  (NAM) through Agri-Tech Infrastructure Fund (ATIF)' on 1 st July, 2015 with  a budget allocation of Rs. 200 crores.  Under the scheme, a pan India electronic trading portal  (e-NAM) will be deployed in 585 regulated wholesale markets in States across the country by March, 2018.  The e-NAM Portal  was launched on 14 th of April, 2016 on a pilot basis,  integrating  21 mandis  in  08 States.   State-wise details of pilot mandis are Annexed.

The  Scheme  is  reform  linked  and  demand  based.    Eligible  States  desirous  of integrating    their  APMC  markets  to  NAM  platform  may  send  their  proposals  to  the Government for consideration and for release of assistance. The Government provides grant  as  one  time  fixed  cost  subject  to  the  ceiling  of  Rs.30.00  lakhs  per  Mandi    for related equipment / infrastructure   and software free of cost.

The NAM platform wherever fully operational is expected to benefit the farmers with more options for selling their produce and competitive returns; the local traders with access  to  larger  national  market  for  secondary  trading;  the  bulk  buyers,  processer, exporters,  with  opportunities  for  direct  participation  in  the  local  mandi  trade  thereby reducing  intermediation  cost;  consumers  with  stable  prices  and  availability  and  lastly reduce the burden  of  APMCs  in  accounting  and  other  paper  works    with  chances  of better market fee recovery.

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(e): In order to modernize  the existing mandis, provide requisite market information to the  farmers  and  strengthen    agricultural  market    infrastructure,    the  Government  is implementing  various  schemes  like  Market  Research  and  Information  Network  (MRIN), National  e  Governance  Programme  (NeGPA),  Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas  Yojna  (RKVY), Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) sub-scheme  of Integrated Scheme  for Agricultural  Marketing    (ISAM),  Mission  for  Integrated  Development    of  Horticulture (MIDH), etc.    More recently the NAM has been launched with the objective to network the  mandis    electronically  on  a  pan  India  basis.  Under  this,  the  States  are  supported financially  @  Rs.30  lakh  per  APMC  market  to  upgrade  the  market  infrastructure  and participate on NAM platform.  This assistance is in addition to the free supply of software and other support that are given to the State Governments to enable them     to      join e-auction platform.

## Details of Mandis where Pilot Launch was undertaken

|   Sr.No. | State            | APMC               | District        | Commodity proposed      |
|----------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|        1 | Gujarat          | Patan              | Patan           | Castor Seed             |
|        2 | Gujarat          | Botad              | Bhavnagar       | Chana (Black Gram)      |
|        3 | Gujarat          | Himmatnagar        | Sabarkantha     | Wheat                   |
|        4 | Telangana        | Tirumalgiri        | Nalgonda        | Paddy                   |
|        5 | Telangana        | Nizamabad          | Nizamabad       | Turmeric                |
|        6 | Telangana        | Badepally          | Mahboobnagar    | Maize                   |
|        7 | Telangana        | Hyderabad          | Hyderabad       | Onion                   |
|        8 | Telangana        | Warangal           | Warangal        | Maize                   |
|        9 | Rajasthan        | Ramganj Mandi      | Kota            | Chana (Black Gram)      |
|       10 | Madhya Pradesh   | Karond, Bhopal     | Bhopal          | Chana (Black Gram)      |
|       11 | Uttar Pradesh    | Sultanpur          | Sultanpur       | Wheat                   |
|       12 | Uttar Pradesh    | Lakhimpur          | Lakhimpur Kheri | Wheat                   |
|       13 | Uttar Pradesh    | Lalitpur           | Lalitpur        | Wheat                   |
|       14 | Uttar Pradesh    | Bahraich           | Bahraich        | Wheat                   |
|       15 | Uttar Pradesh    | Saharanpur         | Saharanpur      | Wheat                   |
|       16 | Uttar Pradesh    | Mathura            | Mathura         | Wheat                   |
|       17 | Haryana          | Ellanabad          | Sirsa           | Mustard                 |
|       18 | Haryana          | Karnal             | Karnal          | Wheat                   |
|       19 | Jharkhand        | Pandra, Ranchi     | Ranchi          | Mahua Flower & Tamarind |
|       20 | Himachal Pradesh | Fruit Mandi, Solan | Solan           | Shelling Peas           |
|       21 | Himachal Pradesh | Dhalli, Shimla     | Shimla          | Shelling Peas           |

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## Annexure