- Definition: e-NAM is an online platform with physical markets or mandis at the backend.
- It is an instrument to create a national network of physical mandis.
- It connects selected APMC mandis to create a Unified National Market.
- Implemented through Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC).
- Transformation Aim:
- Leverage physical infrastructure of mandis through online trading.
- Enable buyers outside the State to participate in local trading.
- Increase choice for farmers to sell their produce.
- Ensure common procedures for licenses, fees, and produce movement.
- Promote scientific storage and movement of agricultural goods.
- Facilitate emergence of integrated value chains.