A total of five agriculture mandis in Chhattisgarh have been connected to Center’s ‘e-NAM’ platform so far during the first phase of the project, the Central Government has informed.
The e-NAM platform is connected to 250 markets across 10 States as of now notably — Andhra Pradesh (12), Chhattisgarh (5), Gujarat (40), Haryana (36), Himachal Pradesh (7), Jharkhand (8), Madhya Pradesh (20), Rajasthan (11), Telangana (44), Uttar Pradesh (67).
So far, 1, 53,992.7 MT of agriculture produce worth Rs 421 crore has been transacted on e-NAM platform and 1,60,229 Farmers, 46,688 Traders and 25,970 Commission Agents have been registered on the e-NAM platform in the country.
Quality parameters for 69 agricultural and horticultural commodities including cereals, Pulses, Oil seeds, Spices, Fruits and Vegetables have been notified for trading on e-NAM platorm, officials informed.
States have been asked to set up the quality assaying facilities to ensure quality assessment of the farmer’s produce in a scientific and professional manner.
The provision of online payment of the sale proceeds to the farmers is made available in the e-NAM portal and States are requested to encourage direct transfer of sales proceeds to the farmer’s bank account.
A total number of 585 markets are targeted to be integrated in first phase with e-NAM by March 2018, out of which 400 markets will be integrated by March 2017.
Notably, the Central Government has approved a scheme for setting up of National Agriculture Market (NAM) on July 1, 2015 with a budget of Rs 200 crore, which is to be implemented during 2015-16 to 2017-18.
The scheme envisages implementation of the National Agriculture Market (NAM) by setting up of an appropriate common e-market platform that would be deployed in 585 regulated wholesale markets in States/Union Territories (UTs) desirous of joining the e-platform. Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) has been selected as the lead agency to implement the national e-platform.
The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) will meet the cost on software and its customisation for the States.