e‑NAM Builds India’s Ist Truly Digital Agri-Marketplace; Connects 1,656 Mandis, ₹4.84 Lakh Cr Trade Across 23 States

The National Agriculture Market (e‑NAM) has transformed agricultural marketing in India by digitizing mandis, enabling transparent price discovery, integrating payments, and linking storage with trade through e‑NWR. It now connects over 1,400 mandis nationwide, empowering farmers with real‑time data, financial inclusion, and national market access.

e‑NAM Achievements by March 2026

• Mandis Integrated: 1,656 mandis across 23 States and 4 Union Territories
• Stakeholder Registrations: Over 1.80 crore farmers, 2.73 lakh traders, and 4,724 Farmer‑Producer Organizations (FPOs)
• Cumulative Trade: 13.25 crore metric tonnes traded, with a total value of ₹4.84 lakh crore between 2016 and March 2026
• Trade Growth: Value rose from ₹3.19 lakh crore in 2024 to ₹4.84 lakh crore in 2026, showing deeper market engagement
• Recent Trade Momentum: 204.76 lakh metric tonnes of produce traded in recent periods by March 2026
• Commodity Coverage: 247 commodities available under mobile‑based price information services via the e‑NAM app

What is e‑NAM?

• Launched: April 14, 2016 by the Government of India
• Implementing Agency: Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC)
• Objective: Create a “One Nation, One Market” framework

Key Digital Features

• Single‑window service for arrivals, assaying, bidding, and payments
• Unique Lot ID tracking for traceability
• Live dashboard with real‑time mandi arrivals, trade volumes, and prices
• 12‑language interface for accessibility
• Inter‑state trade facility via State Unified License

Mobile App & Platform of Platforms (PoP)

• e‑NAM Mobile App launched in 2016, offering price info for 247 commodities
• PoP (2022) integrates logistics, warehousing, grading, packaging, inputs, finance, insurance, and advisory services

Payments & Financial Inclusion

• Supports NEFT, RTGS, internet banking, and UPI
• Direct transfers to farmers’ bank accounts
• Digital records enable access to institutional credit

e‑NWR Integration

• Electronic Negotiable Warehouse Receipt (e‑NWR) certifies stored produce
• Integration with e‑NAM allows trading without physical transport
• Benefits include reduced logistics costs, minimized losses, and collateral for credit

Impact on Agriculture

• Over 1,466 mandis integrated nationwide
• Transparency through dashboards and e‑payments
• Expanded market access and better price realization
• Strengthened agri‑value chain efficiency
• Aligned with Viksit Bharat @ 2047 vision

Conclusion

The e‑NAM ecosystem—portal, mobile app, PoP, e‑payments, and e‑NWR integration—has digitally unified India’s agricultural markets. It empowers farmers with better prices, reduces intermediaries, and strengthens post‑harvest infrastructure. As participation grows, e‑NAM is poised to become the backbone of India’s agricultural trade, ensuring transparency, efficiency, and national connectivity.

Soon Farmers could Sell Agri-Products Directly from E-trading Platform E-NAM

​In order to increase the income of farmers, the central government is considering expanding its online platform National Agricultural Market (E-NAM), a pan-India online trading portal which networks the existing APMC mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities.

After this expansion, farmers will get an option to sell their products directly from the Warehouse Warehouse, which will help the farmers to get better value for their crops.

According to an official of the Agriculture Ministry, the farmers will be able to sell their crops directly from the warehouse after the expansion of this platform Chaulion will leave. At the same time, it will also help in achieving the goal of doubling the income of the farmers of the government.



The official says that we will soon launch the facility for farmers to sell agricultural products inside and outside the states on this platform. The officer says that the platform is ready and the bus launches are still pending.

The officials said that trading on this online platform would be the beginning of trading through warehouse owned by the Warehouse Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA). This will also increase the warehouse business.

At present there are about 1000 government warehouses in the country.



According to the Agriculture Officer, Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act 2017, to provide the real value of their crop the government gives permission to use godown and warehouses as markets. From this, the markets come near farmers and they get credit facilities on their production. Currently, states like Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh are providing their own warehouses and warehouses as markets to facilitate the sale of crop directly to the farmers. The official said that many more states could soon adopt this process.

Launched in 2016, E-NAM portal currently facilitates trading of more than 150 agricultural products . This trading is through online bidding.

Through this portal, more than 585 wholesale markets of 16 states and 2 Union Territories can be traded. At present, the unified online trading platform has more than 1.64 million farmers across the country registered with more than 1, 20,000 traders.

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