Speaking at a function in Krishi Bhawan, Union Minister of Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar welcomed 200 new mandis which were added to the e-NAM platform from 7 States.
Minister claimed that by May 2020 there will be around one thousand Mandis joining the e-NAM platform for marketing of Agricultural produce.
The Minister also witnessed via video conference live trading between mandis from Kurnool and Hubli in groundnuts and maize. He said the Prime minister’s vision of using technology for the benefit of farmers will soon be realised.
The 200 markets integrated with the e-NAM platform today are as follows: Andhra Pradesh (11 mandis), Gujarat (25 mandis), Odisha (16 mandis), Rajasthan (94 mandis), Tamil Nadu (27 mandis), Uttar Pradesh (25 mandis) & Karnataka (02 mandis).
This will bring the total e-NAM mandis in the country to 785. This is the first milestone achieved in the path of integrating 415 new markets across the country. It is for the first time that Karnataka State has been added to the list of e-NAM States.