E-marketplace for marine products to raise farmer income: Piyush Goyal

Launching e-Santa, the minister said the platform will change the traditional way of carrying out business on word-of-mouth basis and will make the system more formal and legally binding

Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that e-SANTA, an e-marketplace to connect aqua farmers and the buyers, will enable farmers to get a better price and the exporters to directly purchase quality products from them.

Launching e-Santa or Electronic Solution for Augmenting NaCSA farmers' Trade in Aquaculture, the minister said that the platform will change the traditional way of carrying out business on word-of-mouth basis and will make the system more formal and legally binding.

National Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture (NaCSA) is an extension arm of Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), under the department of commerce.

“The farmers can