SME Times News Bureau | 26 Jun, 2019
The fund released by the Government of India to
States/UTs under e-NAM Scheme based on need during 2015-16 to 2018-19 is
Rs. 423.23 crore, said Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
The
fund released to Madhya Pradesh during 2015-16 to 2018-19 under e-NAM is
Rs. 50.42 crore, he added.
The facilities provided to farmers in e-NAM
mandis are continuously reviewed by the Government.
The feedback on
the various facilities, such as, quality
assaying, e-trading, e-payment etc. is provided to States to improve their
functioning. As an outcome of the continuous review, the facilities such as
inter-mandi trade, inter-state trade, quality assaying, number of commodities
on e-NAM, e-trading, e-payment etc. have improved.
The number of farmers and buyers registered on
e-NAM platform have been continuously increasing.
Three reforms are mandatory for States/Union
Territories (UTs) in their respective State Agricultural Produce Market
Committee (APMC) Acts for integrating their mandis with National Agriculture
Market (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 like Bihar 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.
However, Government of Bihar has not proposed any
of their market for integration with e-NAM platform. Number of farmers who have
sold their produce on e-NAM platform in Madhya Pradesh is 10,80,704.