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Centre Lists 10 extra Agricultural goods For e-NAM alternate To help Farmers Get higher expenses
New Delhi: The Centre has decided to similarly amplify the scope of alternatives beneath e-NAM (national Agricultural marketplace) with the addition of 10 greater agricultural commodities to allow farmers to get better fees for his or her produce.
"This initiative aims to increase the insurance of agricultural commodities and offer extra opportunities for farmers and buyers to enjoy the virtual buying and selling platform," the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare said in a declaration issued on Thursday.
The brand new commodities that have been protected within the e-NAM platform encompass dried tulsi leaves, besan (chickpea flour), wheat flour, chana sattu (roasted chickpea flour), and water chestnut flour within the miscellaneous category.
Except for asafoetida and dried fenugreek leaves, which were blanketed from the spices category at the same time as water chestnut and baby corn, which are the vegetables, some of the additional commodities. Jackfruit additionally figures inside the list of 10 goods.
The step has been taken in response to the continuous call from farmers, traders, and other stakeholders for the inclusion of extra agricultural commodities, the announcement said. The Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI) has formulated tradable parameters for the 10 additional agricultural commodities.
Those parameters are an end result of a huge session with key stakeholders, which includes nation groups, traders, subject count professionals, and SFAC, and with approval from the Union minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the statement said.
DMI has been entrusted with the method of tradable parameters for agricultural commodities to be traded at the e-NAM platform. These tradable parameters are designed to help farmers get higher prices for their produce by ensuring the exceptional and commerciality of agricultural merchandise. This initiative enhances transparency, enables fair buying and selling practices, and contributes to the overall increase of the rural zone, the declaration stated.
DMI has formulated tradable parameters for 221 agricultural commodities, which can be to be had on the e-NAM platform, and the following 10 additional commodities will take the listing to 231 commodities. A number of those commodities fall inside the category of secondary change, and this can assist FPOs in marketing fee-added merchandise as well as formalizing the trade inside the sector.
Those newly authorized tradable parameters can be available at the e-NAM portal (enam.gov.in), similarly strengthening the platform's potential to facilitate the virtual trading of agricultural commodities. This move will provide farmers with improved market access, higher pricing, and more desirable pleasant assurance, therefore helping their monetary well-being.
The formulation of those extra tradable parameters aligns with the government's ongoing efforts to modernize the agricultural area, ensuring extra inclusivity, performance, and marketplace transparency, the assertion introduced.