e-NAM Mission

What is e-NAM?

e-NAM is a central government-funded initiative that helps in the trading of commodities between rural and urban areas, primarily helping farmers to trade digitally with traders all across the country. It allows farmers to update their profiles by including the list of commodities they can provide and the traders to involve themselves in businesses digitally. It allows pan India access to be able to trade with businessmen from different states. The traders are free to choose their own selective choice, the one which is financially feasible to them can be accounted for options. Overall it provides a platform for the farmers to be able to sell without any loss of money to the middlemen which was earlier not possible due to physical trade options....

e-NAM Commodities

The e-NAM consists of several commodities concerned with the agricultural sector such as cereals, wheat, rice, pulses, seeds, vegetables such as drumsticks, chilies, carrots, sweet potatoes, etc. According to the latest data, as of now around 219 commodities have been dealt with and traded across the country. It serves the purpose of creating a national market that leads to the trading of agricultural commodities that range from fruits to vegetables, cereals and pulses, seeds, and other grains....

How does e-NAM Operate?

Every farmer at any corner of the country, be it rural or urban should be able to access the application and through digital means, the demand & supply ratio must increase. With the inclusion of POP – Platform of Platforms on 14th July, 2022 the farmers now have the approval of accessing & performing trade outside their state borders, all over India....

e-NAM & Its Role in the Agriculture Industry

eNAM’s website holds several missions and objectives which it aims to achieve in the future. It is looked by Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, the agricultural minister of India & handed by Agricultural Ministry of India....

e-NAM & Its Constituents

Many people inclusive of farmers, buyers, traders are all benefitted from this initiative as it has been beneficial in many aspects and has improvised the trading between farmers and other traders....

e-NAM Objective

The main objectives that the agricultural ministry wishes to achieve through eNAM are as follows:...

e-NAM Mission

The mission of e-NAM is to provide a pan India access to the farmers dealing with agricultural commodities, so as in to digitalize the process of selling and integrate APMCs (Agricultural Product Market Committee) with the market to facilitate trade options for both the farmers and consumers. The introduction of options such as posting images, reviewing all details of product has made the application even more viable to use that has thereby increased the reliance on technological aspects of selling....

e-NAM Benefits

e-NAM has released several new key features in it’s application such as different processes of payment, such as net banking, debit cards, or credit cards, payment through different banks, all looked into by Kotak Mahindra Bank. This has reduced the dependency on a particular method of payment. It also helps in adding transparency and open ended network to the app as it allows the customer to choose from varied sources. Apart from this, it has this new MIS System which means Management Information System, to manage all the data the application holds alongwith certain details of the farmer....

e-NAM Latest News

The following are the latest news regarding e-NAM:...

eNAM UPSC

e-NAM is an important topic for the UPSC Prelims examination including several other papers of Mains. For General Studies Paper III, the topics concerning Agriculture are asked and e-NAM is a part of this. In General Studies Paper II as well for economic development and technology, questions regarding integration of technology and agriculture can be asked. This article covers all concepts regarding the Mission, Objective and key benefits of e-NAM which will be helpful for the preparation of UPSC Examination....

FAQs on e-NAM

1. What is meant by e-NAM?...