enam.gov.in Scheme for Promotion of National Agriculture Market through Agri-Tech Infrastructure Fund : NAM

Organisation : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare
Scheme Name : Scheme for Promotion of National Agriculture Market through ATIF
Applicable For : Farmers
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ENAM Scheme for Promotion of NAM

Following successive Budget announcements of 2014-2015 and 2015-16 on setting up an “Agri-Tech Infrastructure Fund” and the need to create a National Agriculture Market to increase the income of farmers with incidental benefit of moderating price rise respectively, Government approved a Central Sector Scheme for “Promotion of National Agriculture Market (NAM) through Agri-Tech Infrastructure Fund (ATIF) on 01st July, 2015 with a budget allocation of Rs.200 crore.

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The scheme envisages deployment of a common e-market platform in 585 selected regulated wholesale agriculture markets (hereinafter called markets) by March, 2018. The common e-market portal will be called e-NAM.

Objectives

The main objectives of the Scheme are
(i) to integrate markets first at the level of the States and eventually across the country through a common online market platform, to facilitate pan – India trade in agricultural commodities;

(ii) to streamline marketing / transaction procedures and make them uniform across all markets to promote efficient functioning of the markets;

(iii) to promote better marketing opportunities for farmers / sellers through online access to more buyers / markets, removal of information asymmetry between farmer and trader, better and real-time price discovery based on actual demand and supply of agricommodities, transparency in auction process, prices commensurate with quality of produce, online payment etc. that contribute to marketing efficiency;

(iv) to establish quality assaying systems for quality assurance to promote informed bidding by buyers; and
(v) to promote stable prices and availability of quality produce to consumers.

Scheme design

NAM is envisaged as a pan-India electronic trading portal, to be managed centrally by a lead implementing agency i.e. Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Cconsortium (SFAC), which will network 585 selected markets in a span of three years (2015-16 to 2017-18) to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities.

While one time registration of farmers / sellers, lot details at the entry gate, weighment, quality assaying, auctions / trade transactions, payment by buyers to sellers and other agencies involved in the chain of transaction will take place online on e-NAM, actual material flow will happen physically through the market.

Entire arrivals of agricultural commodities selected for trading on e-NAM will be traded on-line only.

Budget Provisions & Management

The scheme provides an initial allocation of Rs. 200 crore and comprises two components
a) one time fixed cost subject to the ceiling of Rs.30.00 lakh per market for related hardware including quality assaying equipment / infrastructure for 585 markets;

b) cost of software for common e-platform and its customization to meet States’/UTs’ needs, annual maintenance, data centers, servers, training costs and administrative expenses.
The software will be provided free of cost to the States/UTs;

Release of one time fixed grant to the States / UTs for the markets will be made on approval of the DPRs by the PAC and compliance with all observations made by the PAC. Entire grant, as approved by PAC and Integrated Finance Division of Department, will be released in the account of beneficiary / State/UT implementing agency.

** States/UTs will be required to submit Utilization Certificate in the form of GFR 19A, within a period of one year in respect of the grant released to them.
** The funds received under the Scheme cannot be utilized for any purpose other than for integration of the approved markets with e-NAM and no diversion of funds is permitted.
** The scheme will be subject to audit by Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India.