Govt fast-tracks inter-state trade via e-NaM platform ahead of 2019 polls

Not only will inter-state trade be facilitated among more mandis, but also special price tickers will be installed in e-NaM mandis for effective price dissemination

Months ahead of the 2019 general elections, the government has fast-tracked inter-state trading through the e-NaM platform. It is also looking at a host of modifications to the scheme to make it more attractive for traders and farmers to buy and sell agri produce through e-NaM.

E-NaM, or electronic National Agriculture Market, was launched in April 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but the first inter-state trade happened earlier this month in tomatoes between a mandi in UP and Haldwani in Uttarakhand -- almost three years after its launch.

This was followed by inter-state trade between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on January