Progress and Performance of National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) in Punjab
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Author: Lovepreet Singh , Mini Goyal and Ajay Bansal
Author Address: University College of Agriculture, Guru Kashi University, Talwandi Sabo-151302 (Punjab), Department of Economics and Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004 (Punjab) and Manager, e-NAM-Punjab, Strategic 3 Partner to Government of India,
Keywords: Agricultural marketing, APMC, electronic marketing.
JEL Codes: Q10, Q13, Q18.
Abstract
National
Agriculture Market (e-NAM) is a pan-India electronic trading portal introduced
by the Government of India to facilitate farmers to earn high income.
Therefore, the present study was conducted in Punjab by randomly selecting one
market from each zone. Out of 154 APMCs in Punjab, 37 markets were linked with
the e-NAM portal. About 2.16 lakh farmers, 2288 traders and 8376 commission
agents residing in Punjab were enrolled with e-NAM. The performance of the
Amritsar market was best determined by the participation of stakeholders and
market arrival. So far, 133.34 lakh q of commodities worth ?3952.43 crores were
traded in the e-NAM markets. The total sold quantity in 2018-19 was 38.35 lakh
q and increased by 147.57 per cent in 2019-20 to 94.95 lakh q, which is a good
indicator of the growth of the e-NAM market in Punjab. It would certainly help
in strengthening the existing system of agriculture marketing.
Description
Indian Journal of Economics and Development
Volume 18 No. 3, 2022, 707-713
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35716/IJED/22086
NAAS Score: 5.15 (2022)
Indexed in Clarivate Analytics (ESCI) of WoS
Indexed in Scopus (SJR: 0.18)
UGC Approved (UGC-Care List Group II)