New Delhi, Mar 17: The Government of India’s National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) platform has integrated 1,656 mandis across the country, including 17 in Jammu & Kashmir, facilitating agricultural trade worth ₹1,736 crore in the Union Territory since inception, officials said on Monday.
Nationally, the e-NAM platform—launched in 2016 to enable transparent online trading of agricultural commodities—has benefited over 1.80 crore farmers and 2.72 lakh traders. A total of 4,724 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) have also been onboarded, with cumulative trade reaching 13.22 crore metric tonnes valued at ₹4.82 lakh crore as of February 28, 2026.
In Jammu & Kashmir, more than 52,000 farmers have registered on the platform, with over 2.9 lakh metric tonnes of produce traded through e-NAM, reflecting gradual adoption of digital agricultural marketing in the region.
The platform allows farmers to access a wider pool of buyers beyond their local mandis through transparent online bidding, ensuring better price discovery and direct transfer of sale proceeds into their bank accounts.
Across India, the government has been supporting states and Union Territories with grants of up to ₹75 lakh per mandi to strengthen infrastructure required for e-NAM integration. This includes facilities such as quality testing laboratories, electronic weighing systems, grading and packaging units, and digital infrastructure.
In a technological push, 134 mandis in Rajasthan have adopted AI and machine learning-based systems for faster quality assessment of agricultural produce, significantly reducing testing time.
The government said it continues to monitor the progress of the scheme across states and Union Territories, with detailed expenditure and performance data maintained for each region.
The information was provided by Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Bhagirath Choudhary, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
