National Conference for Agriculture for Rabi conference 2018
National Conference for Agriculture for Rabi conference 2018 Group III: Develop and Upgrade rural haats as Gr. AMs- road ahead and implementation of National Agricultural Market (e-NAM)
Participating States Andhra Pradesh Chhattisgarh Haryana Himachal Pradesh Maharashtra Odisha Rajasthan Tamilnadu Telangana Uttar Pradesh Chairman Shri Abhilaksh Likhi , Joint secretary DAC & FW Co-Chairman Sh. Samuel Anand Kumar, Commissioner Dept. of Agriculture and Marketing Govt of Andhra Pradesh • • •
Developing and Upgrading Rural HAATs as Gr. AMs • Group deliberated and made following suggestions to develop & upgrade Rural Haats in sync with announcement in budget, 2018 -19 • Mo. RD suggested that states should identify the Gramin Haats based on following criteria • Only existing Haats be identified for development • Location of Haats be feasible to develop • Since “Bottom to Top Approach” is applied, therefore proposals for development be routed from GP Level. • While selecting & shifting the Rural Haats, local consultations be held to avoid any conflict.
Developing and Upgrading Rural HAATs as Gr. AMs • Mo. RD suggested that states should forward 5 -6 models of Gr. AMs based on arrivals, farmers’ footfalls, functioning of Gr. AMs etc. to enable Mo. RD to finalize the drawings. • States will take up the issues with concerned department (Revenue) related to the Land owner ship. • States identify the Haats at the earliest and submit the proposal to Mo. RD for consideration under MGNREGS
Developing and Upgrading Rural HAATs as Gr. AMs • States may prioritize the aspirational districts and tribal districts first for identifying the rural Haats to develop into the Gr. AMs. • DAC & FW may formulate a comprehensive operational guidelines to include the issues relating the institutional arrangements, management of Gr. AMs, Levi of charges, etc. • States should keep all types of Gr. AMs outside the ambit of APMC Regulation.
Developing and Upgrading Rural HAATs as Gr. AMs • Collection centers in Haryana & Punjab located in rural area & behaving as periodic markets be treated as Rural Haats for the purpose of development and up gradation under MGNREGS • Farmer- consumer markets located in rural areas may also be considered as rural Haats for development and up gradation under MGNREGS
e-NAM
e-NAM: SPV • SPV needs to be formed to facilitate inter-State trade under “Trade & Commerce” in concurrent list • To register inter-State traders to enable them to trade on e-NAM platform • Facilitate payment to sellers • Establish a dispute settlement mechanism • Prescribe the quantum and mode of collection and payment of user charges between States • Prescribe quality standards for commodities • Enforcement mechanism for compliance • Logistics arrangement
Quality Assaying • Assaying has been found to give a better price to farmers. • Centralized Quality Assaying Certification is required for inter-mandi and inter-state trade • States should set up State level authority to prescribe certification process and modalities for certification • State level authority to train the manpower required for assaying • Assayers need to be accredited by the certifying agency • DMI will finalise the Qualification Criteria for Quality Assayer
Quality Assaying (contd. . ) • Lots for assaying may be determined by the lot size, value and potential for intermandi and inter-State trade. • Hence assaying of 100% lots may not be required • More number of cash crop lots may be assayed • Simplified Quality parameters for major commodities.
e-NAM Bidding Process • While making mobile based bid, instead of submission option for each lot, it may be submitted after entering the bids for all lots • Mobile app may be developed for mandi staff for registration, weighment details etc. • e-NAM mandis to have e-NAM Mitra • Each mandi to have one platform for direct selling by farmers without the intervention of commission agents • The Mandi to have its own weighing scales and supervisors to facilitate direct selling
E-payment • Payments due by a buyer may be settled in a single transfer through online (Multi Invoices) • e-wallet services may be provided to buyers mapped with their ID so that the payment process can be expedited • Provision for payment through Commission Agent in e-NAM platform on the same day may be given • Sale agreement should be auto generated on the same day (presently T+2 days) to facilitate sameday payment • Mandi level Payment dispute Mechanism to be in place
E-payment (contd. . ) • Resistance faced from the Stakeholders • Farmers • Not willing to receive payment in bank account due to fear of loan adjustment • Provision for offsetting of e-NAM payments against loans by bankers should not be permitted • Commission Agents • Not willing to transfer through e-NAM payment gateway as they don’t want transparency in transactions • Traders are getting 15 days credit from the Commission Agents while CAs pay on the same day to the sellers • Credit facilities through financial institutions using dynamic cashcredit limit, bill discounting and co-branded credit cards needs to be explored
e-NAM: Training • Training & Awareness on Mobile Application • Awareness on Traders Unified license • SMS to farmers in Regional language • Gram Panchayat level trainings • NGOs to be involved to conduct training • Each e-NAM mandi to have kiosk for selfregistration & training • Each mandi to have a training centre of its own for continuous training to various stakeholders
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