National Agricultural Market eNAM Rabi Campaign 2017 New

National Agricultural Market (e-NAM) Rabi Campaign 2017 New Delhi, 19 th Sept 2017

Tradable parameters for 90 commodities inc bamboo notified 25 40 No 19 1 5 2 54 3 100 4 58 19 5 14 6 10 45 7 44 8 9 22 10 11 12 Interoperability with Karnataka 13 15 markets of TN being on-boarded State Andhra Pradesh Chhattisgarh Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jharkhand Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Odisha Rajasthan Telangana Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand Total 22 14 40 54 19 19 58 45 10 25 44 100 5 455

Initiatives to Fast Track Progress • Weekly VCs with States every Friday • Interactions with DCs – HP, UK, HP, GJ, HR, OD done. AP and MP next week • Workshop on assaying held on 13. 9. 17 with States and OEMs • Nodal officers nominated for States and model mandis • Whats. App groups created with DCs, State Secretary and GOI officers • RKVY funding to be linked to agri-market reforms and e. NAM • HP and UK notifying waiver of 50% user charges and 10% mandi fee respectively to incentivize online trading • Rajasthan launches ‘Upahar’ for women traders and farmers

Need for: • Real time online bidding • Digital payments to farmers • Functioning and integration of assaying lab with bidding • Strengthening infrastructure including connectivity • Issuance of unified license • Mission mode training and awareness programs • Inter mandi trade to graduate to Inter State trade • Model mandis in each State Establishment of a Unified Agricultural Market

Trading 1. Real time online bidding 2. Outcry 3. One to one trade • Trade on e. NAM ranges from 0 in JH and AP to 2% in OD, 4% in UK, 5% in MH, 7% in GJ, 9% in HP, 11% in RJ, 14% in HR to 37% in UP, 39% in MP, 63% in CG and 99% in TS • Move from closed tender to open auction • Arrival capture increased but large number of lots not entering the bidding system • Procurement not reflective of the essence of e. NAM • Warehouse based sales

Assaying • Strengthen and modernize labs for quick, reliable and replicable results • Tradable parameters notified for 90 commodities • Establish acceptance in assaying based bidding in intra mandi scenario • Engage trained manpower in adequate number • May need more than 1 lab depending on peak arrivals • Training in niche commodities like cotton • Accreditation • Referral labs

Digital Payments • Online payment gateway – miniscule • Bank charges waived off at payment gateway of ICICI Bank - only home branch levying transaction charges • Mission mode registration drive for farmers, traders, CA, processors • Integration of weigh bridges / weigh scales for accurate sale agreements and corresponding digital payments • Chhattisgarh bringing amendment to reduce payment time to 1 day

Inter Mandi and Inter State Trade • Assaying is the corner stone • Telengana: Choppadandi, Karimnagar, Mahbubnagar, Badepally, Suryapet, Tirumalgiri, Jangaon • Chhattisgarh: Bhatapara, Durg, Kurud, Dhamtari, Balod, Navapara, Rajnandgaon • Madhya Pradesh: Sehore and Bhopal pilot • UP: Saharanpur and Muzaffarnagar pilot • Inter State – a unified uni-coded license a pre-requisite

States not yet integrated to e-NAM • 3 mandatory pre- requisite reforms in APMC Act - Issue of unified single license for the whole State - Single point of levy of market fee - Provision for e-trading • States with no APMC Act - Identify an organization and frame legally enforceable guidelines

Agri-market Reforms – model APLM Act, 2017 • Released on 24 th April 2017 by Hon’ble Agriculture Minister • Punjab passed the amendments in June 2017 barring some provisions • In addition to the 3 mandatory reforms for e-NAM inter alia: - Abolish concept of notified area of APMC - Private markets, direct marketing, farmer consumer market, adhoc markets, special commodity markets - Capping of market fee and commission charges - Deregulation of fruits & vegetables - Inter State trading (sec 72) - Declaration of warehouses/godowns as market sub yards Progress reported from 15 States

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