(News in English given below)
केंद्रीय कृषि एवं किसान कल्याण मंत्री, श्री राधा मोहन सिंह ने आज राष्ट्रीय कृषि बाज़ार (e-NAM) के पहले चरण को सफलतापूर्वक पूरा करने की घोषणा की और e-NAM मोबाइल एप लॉन्च किया। पहले चरण में e-NAM से 250 मंडियां जुड़ी। e-NAM से किसानों को अधिक लाभ मिलेगा, क्रेताओं को कम लागत पर कारोबार सुलभ होगा तथा स्थायी मंडियों का विकास होगा। यह किसानो को विस्तृत विकल्प वाली राष्ट्रीय मंडी तक पंहुचने में समर्थ बनाएगा।
Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Shri Radha Mohan Singh announced completion of e-NAM first phase and launched e-NAM Mobile App in New Delhi. The Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Shri Parshottam Rupala was also present on the occasion.
e-NAM platform is connected to 250 markets across 10 States as of now (Andhra Pradesh (12), Chhattisgarh (05), Gujarat (40), Haryana (36), Himachal Pradesh (07), Jharkhand (08), Madhya Pradesh (20), Rajasthan (11), Telangana (44), Uttar Pradesh (67). Union Minister informed that so far, Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for integrating 399 mandis with e-NAM has been received from 14 states and all of them have been approved.
Shri Singh said that the active involvement of all stakeholders, and in particular mandi and marketing board officials; the NAM programme is a success and is going ahead of schedule. Minister is sure that e-NAM will significantly contribute towards enhancing the farmer’s income. Agriculture Minister informed that 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.
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 platform. 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.
Agriculture Minister said that e-NAM will bring forth more profit to farmers, availability of trade at lesser cost to the buyers and development of permanent mandis. It will enable the farmers to have access to the National Market having wide choice.
