E-nam in agricultural marketing- An overview

The paper describes the implementationof e- NAM and its progress in India. e - NAM is a pan-India electronic trading portal which creates a unified national market especially for agricultural commodities and provides single window service by networking existing APMCs (Agriculture Produce Marketing Committees). About 90 commodities are notified for trading on e –NAM platform. Hitherto 13 states were covered under this scheme whereas Uttar Pradesh tops the list with 100 markets andUttarkhand hits the bottom line with 5 markets. In trading, Gujarat is leading with 7441.7 tons of quantity traded amounting to a total trade value of 14117.05 Cr followed by Uttarkhand while Odisha is lagging with 0.63 tons of quantity traded amounting to a meager 1.11 Cr of trade value.e- NAM enhances the quality of marketing by reducing the regional barriers throughout the nation to achieve the “one nation one market” goal of the government.