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Business Standard
09-07-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Centre adds 7 new farm products to e-NAM platform for better pricing
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday announced the inclusion of an additional seven products, including Banarasi paan, on the e-NAM platform in a bid to provide more opportunities and better prices to farmers. The seven commodities include sugarcane, Marcha rice, Katarni rice, Jardalu mango, Shahi litchi, Magahi paan and Banarasi paan. With this, the total number of products on the e-NAM platform has now increased to 238. "This move will assure farmers better market access, better pricing and improved quality, thereby boosting their economic well-being," according to an official statement. The Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI) under the agriculture ministry has prepared tradable parameters for seven additional agri-products, which are available on the e-NAM portal ( Creation of tradable parameters provides a category or range for each product and helps farmers get remunerative prices based on the quality of the produce. The new products were approved after extensive consultations with key stakeholders, including state agencies, traders, subject-matter experts and Small Farmers' Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC). Further, based on the requests and feedback received from various stakeholders, tradable parameters of four existing products have been revised, namely, water chestnut flour, baby corn and dragon fruit. Launched in 2016, eNAM is a government initiative to digitise and unify agricultural commodity trading in India, enhancing market efficiency and farmer income through technology-enabled transparent trading. The platform supports online bidding, real-time price discovery, quality-based transparent auctions, and immediate payment settlements.
Time of India
09-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Centre adds 7 new products on eNAM platform
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday announced the inclusion of an additional seven products, including Banarasi paan , on the e-NAM platform in a bid to provide more opportunities and better prices to farmers. The seven commodities include sugarcane, Marcha rice, Katarni rice, Jardalu mango, Shahi litchi, Magahi paan and Banarasi paan. With this, the total number of products on the e-NAM platform has now increased to 238. "This move will assure farmers better market access, better pricing and improved quality, thereby boosting their economic well-being," according to an official statement. The Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI) under the agriculture ministry has prepared tradable parameters for seven additional agri-products, which are available on the e-NAM portal ( Live Events Creation of tradable parameters provides a category or range for each product and helps farmers get remunerative prices based on the quality of the produce. The new products were approved after extensive consultations with key stakeholders, including state agencies, traders, subject-matter experts and Small Farmers' Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC). Further, based on the requests and feedback received from various stakeholders, tradable parameters of four existing products have been revised, namely, water chestnut flour, baby corn and dragon fruit. Launched in 2016, eNAM is a government initiative to digitise and unify agricultural commodity trading in India, enhancing market efficiency and farmer income through technology-enabled transparent trading. The platform supports online bidding, real-time price discovery, quality-based transparent auctions, and immediate payment settlements.
The Hindu
22-05-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
₹222.23 crore trade transacted in the last four years under e-NAM system in Tiruppur
Transactions to the extent of ₹222.23 crore have been made over the last four years through select regulated markets in Tiruppur district under the ambit of the National Agricultural Market Scheme (e-NAM), according to officials of the Department of Agricultural Marketing and Agri Business. A total of 3,6837.21 tonnes have been sold, benefitting 32,504 farmers and 2,985 traders. Of the 157 regulated markets in Tamil Nadu under the e-NAM scheme, nine are in Tiruppur - Tiruppur town, Udumalpet, Pethappampatti, Vellakovil, Mulanur, Madathukulam, Kangayam, Pongalur and Sevur. Traders from other districts and other regulated markets also participate in the electronic auction, drawn by the assurance of accurate quality standards and higher price for produce. The amount is being credited directly to the farmers' bank accounts. In the past four years, nearly 183 tonnes of agricultural products, valued at ₹9.66 crore, were traded through the E-NAM platform under the farm gate trade. This transaction benefited 633 farmers and 311 traders. Additionally, inter-mandi transactions accounted for 377.59 tonnes of commodities worth ₹29.06 crore. The department, it is learnt, is reaching out to farmers with information about the expansion of the e-NAM Platform, following the addition of 10 new commodities by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers welfare during February, 2025. The Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI) had formulated tradable parameters for the 10 new commodities, after extensive consultation with key stakeholders, to enable the farmers to secure better prices for their produce by ensuring the quality and commerciality of agricultural products. The addition has increased the number of agricultural commodities to 231.
