The government said that one thousand 260 mandis of 22 States and Union Territories have been integrated with National Agriculture Market, e-NAM till last month.
In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said one crore 74 lakh farmers, two lakh 37 thousand traders, one lakh commission agents, and more than 23 hundred Farmer Producer Organizations have been registered on e-NAM platform till November this year. The Minister said 1260 mandis across the country got the benefit of free software under e-NAM scheme during this period. He said a total of 993 mandis have got the assistance of 30 lakh rupees per mandi under the scheme.
