Monday, May 11, 2020

117 new Mandis integrated to E-NAM platform


On May 11, 2020, around 117 mandis were integrated with E-NAM (National Agriculture Market). This has increased the number of Mandis in the country to 962.

Highlights

  • The Union Minister of Agriculture launched the mandis through video conferencing. 
  • These online Mandis are now being used to trade coconut and bamboo as well. 
  • As of May 9, 2020, around 3.43 crore metric tonnes of bamboo and 37.93 metric tonnes of coconut have been traded. Currently, 150 commodities are being traded through the platform. 
  • It includes oil seeds, vegetables, fruits, fibers and food grains.
  • More than 1,005 Farmer Producer Organization have been registered under the ENAM Platform.
Farmer Producer Organizations
  • The Agriculture Ministry in April 2020 had launched Logistics module, FPO trade module and eNWR based warehouse module. 
  • This helped integrating FPOs from 15 states with the platform.



Background

  • It is to be noted that recently, around 200 mandis were integrates with the E-NAM platform.

ENAM Platform

  • The ENAM platform is a single window service for the APMC (Agriculture Produce Market Committee) related services and information. 
  • This includes commodity arrivals, information about quality of the product and their prices, electronic payment settlement for better access of the market.

India’s Vision

  • India is currently working towards “One Nation One Market”. 
  • The integration of Mandis will help achieving this by taking the total numbers included in the platform to 1000.

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