Agricultural Marketing Reforms & e-NAM Expansion

Agricultural marketing reforms and the expansion of the electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) aim to create an integrated, transparent, and competitive national market for agricultural produce, improving price discovery and market access for Indian farmers.

Primary Beneficiaries / Affected Groups

  • Small and marginal farmers
  • Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs)
  • Agricultural traders and aggregators
  • Warehousing and logistics service providers
  • State marketing boards and APMC institutions

Background

  • Launched in 2016, e-NAM was designed to address the inefficiencies of the APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committee) system.
  • To join e-NAM, states must reform their APMC Acts to allow e-trading, issue a single trading license, and apply a single-point market ....
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