Khatima Farmers Briefed on the Electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM)
Agricultural Produce Market Committee officials explained the e-NAM scheme to farmers in Khatima: under it, a trader from any state in India can buy a farmer's produce through online bidding.
Officials of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee explained the Electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) scheme in detail to farmers of Khatima. The mandi secretary also described the equipment in the laboratory set up under e-NAM for grading farmers' crops. Gurusevak Singh, block president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, called the e-NAM scheme beneficial for farmers.
At a meeting held on the mandi premises, market committee secretary D.S. Bisht said that under e-NAM a trader from any state of India can buy a Khatima farmer's produce by bidding online. After laboratory testing, crops will be graded into three categories according to standards, and bids will be placed according to the grade.
Ninety kinds of produce will be auctioned on e-NAM, including paddy and wheat as well as spices, pulses, fruits and vegetables. So far 2,700 farmers from the tehsil area and 234 traders have registered on e-NAM.
Present on the occasion were mandi inspector Rajendra Chand, Bhuvan Pande, Jhankat cooperative society president Harpreet Singh, Avtar Singh, Surendra Singh, Nirmal Singh, Hardeep Singh and others.
