e-NAM 2.0

The Centre’s electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) 2.0, aimed at enhancing mandi operations, is facing data migration challenges in Rajasthan. Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu were selected as pilot states for the new platform.

electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM)

• e-NAM is a pan-India electronic trading platform for agricultural commodities, launched to create a unified national market for farmers.
• It connects mandis (agricultural markets) across states, enabling transparent price discovery and easier trade.

Objectives

1. Improve farmer income by providing better prices through competitive bidding.
2. Reduce intermediation and market fragmentation across states.
3. Facilitate direct access to buyers, assayers, and logistics providers.
4. Promote digital trading, transparency, and efficiency in agricultural markets.

Key Features (e-NAM 2.0)

• Bank account validation and e-KYC for farmers and traders using Aadhaar.
• Integration of assaying, logistics, and value-added services.
• Designed to be robust, scalable, user-friendly, and open-network compliant.
• Supports real-time trading, price discovery, and data-driven market insights.

Features of e-NAM 2.0

• Designed to be efficient, robust, user-friendly, inclusive, scalable, and open-network compliant.
• Key functionalities include:
  • Bank account validation
  • eKYC via Aadhaar
  • Onboarding of assaying, logistics, and other value-added service providers
• Objective: overcome logistical gaps, enable faster trade, reduce wastage, and improve mandi efficiency.