The government has so far integrated 23 mandis in eight states with the electronic national agriculture market (e-NAM). The minister of state for agriculture, Sudarshan Bhagat said that approval has been received for integration of 365 mandis from 12 states with e-NAM of which 23 mandis have been integrated so far with e-NAM. The target is to integrate 200 mandis by September this year and a total of 585 by March 2018.
As per the data, six mandis from Uttar Pradesh, five from Telangana, four from Haryana and three from Gujarat have been integrated into e-NAM. Himachal has integrated two mandis, while Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have done one each.
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April had launched the e-NAM scheme in 21 mandis of eight states. The government has allocated Rs 200 crore for this scheme. Under the scheme, a pan India e-trading portal is being deployed in select regulated wholesale markets in states.