eNAM trade rising steadily, 1,400 mandis linked

The agriculture ministry has approved integration of 21 additional mandis in Rajasthan to the digital wholesale platform electronicNational Agriculture Market (e-NAM), taking the number of physical markets linked to the platform to over 1,400 across states.

Sources told FE that there are several states who have approached the ministry to integrate more mandi into e-NAM aimed at boosting inter-state trade of agricultural commodities. Since the launch of e-NAM in April 2016,