e-NAM will be upgraded to resolve logistical hurdles: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Friday told the RS that the Centre will upgrade e-NAM platform as e-NAM 2.0 to facilitate onboarding of logistic service providers to address logistic hurdles faced in inter-state and inter-mandi trade.

Chouhan said the main features of e-NAM 2.0 would be bank account validation, eKYC features using Aadhaar, and onboarding of assaying, logistics and other value-added service providers.

“This initiative will resolve the logistic challenge and will lead to faster trade, reduced wastage and better farmer incomes,” he added. Launched in 2016, e-NAM is an electronic trading portal that networks existing APMC mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities.