Why in news?
- 200 new mandis were added to the e-NAM platform from 7 States and by the end of May 2020 there will be around one thousand Mandis joining the e-NAM platform for marketing of Agricultural produce said the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
- With the aim to reach the last mile farmer & transform the way they sell their agri produce, e-NAM has gained more strength today by reaching out to more farmers & traders of these new mandis.
- e-NAM is also integrated from May 1st 2020, with the Unified Market Platform (UMP) of Karnataka’s Rashtriya e-Market Services (ReMS), an e-trading platform promoted by the Karnataka State Agriculture Marketing Board.
- This is for the first time in India that two different e-trading platforms for Agri commodities of this scale will be made interoperable.
How is this integrated Platform helping Farmers?
- This will help farmers of Karnataka to sell their produce to large number of traders registered with e-NAM and even farmers from e-NAM mandis in other States will be able to sell their produce to Karnataka traders who are enrolled with ReMS platform of Karnataka.
- This will facilitate traders across both the platforms to execute seamless trading in both the platforms by using Single Sign On framework.
- This will also promote inter-State trade between the States on-boarded on e-NAM platform & Karnataka.
