On 14 April 2026, the National Agriculture Market — popularly known as e-NAM — completed ten years of operation. The platform was launched on 14 April 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a pan-India electronic trading portal designed to integrate Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) mandis into a single, unified national market for agricultural commodities. Implemented by the Small Farmers' Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, e-NAM aims to provide farmers, traders and Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) with transparent price discovery, wider buyer access and frictionless inter-state trade. As of March 2026, e-NAM had integrated 1,656 mandis across 23 States and 4 Union Territories, an expansion from 1,389 mandis in 2024. Cumulative trade since inception has crossed ₹4.84 lakh crore on a volume of about 13.25 crore metric tonnes. The platform has registered over 1.80 crore farmers, 2.73 lakh traders and 4,724 Farmer Producer Organisations, and now lists 247 commodities for which mobile-based price information is available through the e-NAM app. The Government provides each integrated mandi with up to ₹75 lakh in financial assistance to upgrade infrastructure such as quality assaying labs, cleaning and grading units, dispute resolution kiosks and digital weighbridges. The decade milestone is being marked by the Agriculture Ministry as a flagship example of digital public infrastructure for agricultural marketing, alongside complementary platforms such as Agri Stack, e-Choupal-style FPO portals and the Unified Farmer Service Platform.
e-NAM Marks Ten Years on 14 April 2026; National Agriculture Market Now Connects 1,656 Mandis Across 23 States and 4 UTs, Has Facilitated ₹4.84 Lakh Crore in Cumulative Trade and Onboarded 1.80 Crore Farmers
On 14 April 2026 e-NAM, the National Agriculture Market launched by PM Modi on 14 April 2016, completed 10 years. The platform now connects 1,656 mandis across 23 states and 4 UTs, has facilitated ₹4.84 lakh crore in cumulative trade across 13.25 crore MT, registered 1.80 crore farmers, 2.73 lakh traders and 4,724 FPOs, and lists 247 commodities. Each integrated mandi receives up to ₹75 lakh in infrastructure support.
Key facts
- e-NAM (National Agriculture Market) completed ten years of operation on 14 April 2026; it was launched on 14 April 2016 by PM Narendra Modi.
- It is implemented by the Small Farmers' Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare to integrate APMC mandis into a single national market.
- As of March 2026, e-NAM connected 1,656 mandis across 23 States and 4 Union Territories, up from 1,389 mandis in 2024.
- Cumulative trade since inception has crossed ₹4.84 lakh crore on about 13.25 crore metric tonnes of commodities.
- The platform has registered 1.80 crore farmers, 2.73 lakh traders and 4,724 Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs).
- e-NAM now lists 247 commodities and provides mobile-based price information through its app, enabling farmers to make informed selling decisions.
- Each newly integrated mandi receives up to ₹75 lakh in central financial assistance for assaying labs, cleaning and grading units, dispute kiosks and digital weighbridges.
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Consider the following statements about the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM), which completed ten years on 14 April 2026: 1. e-NAM was launched on 14 April 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a pan-India electronic trading portal for agricultural commodities. 2. It is implemented by the Small Farmers' Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. 3. As of March 2026, e-NAM had integrated 1,656 mandis across 23 States and 4 Union Territories. Which of the statements given above are correct?
All three statements are correct. e-NAM was launched on 14 April 2016 by PM Modi, is implemented by SFAC under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, and had integrated 1,656 mandis across 23 States and 4 UTs as of March 2026. Cumulative trade since inception has crossed ₹4.84 lakh crore on roughly 13.25 crore metric tonnes.
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What is e-NAM and who implements it?
e-NAM, or the National Agriculture Market, is a pan-India electronic trading platform that networks existing Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) mandis into a single, unified national market for agricultural commodities. It is implemented by the Small Farmers' Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, and was launched on 14 April 2016 by PM Narendra Modi.
What scale has e-NAM achieved by its 10th anniversary on 14 April 2026?
e-NAM has integrated 1,656 mandis across 23 States and 4 Union Territories, recorded cumulative trade of about ₹4.84 lakh crore on roughly 13.25 crore metric tonnes of commodities, and onboarded over 1.80 crore farmers, 2.73 lakh traders and 4,724 FPOs. It currently lists 247 commodities for which farmers receive mobile price information.
What financial support does the Centre provide for mandi integration with e-NAM?
The central government provides each integrated APMC mandi with up to ₹75 lakh in one-time financial assistance for hardware and infrastructure such as quality assaying laboratories, cleaning, sorting and grading units, packaging units, digital weighbridges and dispute resolution kiosks — the building blocks of an electronic trading-ready mandi.
How does e-NAM benefit farmers compared to the legacy APMC system?
e-NAM gives farmers transparent, electronic price discovery rather than being dependent on local APMC bidders alone; it widens buyer access across mandis, states and FPOs through its unified portal; provides mobile alerts for prices of 247 commodities; and reduces the need for physical movement and middleman costs through assaying-based remote bidding and direct payments.
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