eNAM 2.0 rollout hits trouble as Rajasthan flags data-migration glitches

Rajasthan has red-flagged major issues in the eNAM 2.0 pilot, with data-migration failures forcing mandis back to manual trading during peak harvest season

The Centre’s plan to kickstart the second version of its ambitious electronic national agricultural market (e-NAM) is facing some glitches. Rajasthan has red flagging issues it faced in the pilot being carried out in the state.

 

According to sources, Rajasthan, in a series of letters sent to Centre in November, has cited difficulty in migrating data from the old platform to the new one, bringing trading at mandis back to manual. When the new module was launched in the state from November 4, the version of e-NAM stopped functioning.

 

Rajasthan, along with Tamil Nadu, was selected for pilot projects.

 

“We are not saying that the new platform is faulty, but we are facing difficulties in migrating data from the old to the new, which is why, end-to-end solution is not happening,” a senior official from said, adding that Rajasthan had registered around 150,000 traders and around 1.6 million farmers on the old e-NAM platform but migrating all of them to the new system seamlessly is facing difficulties.

 

The new system was implemented in around 173 mandis across the state.

 

“We have to re-register all farmers and traders into the new system. Seamless migration is not happening. It is a difficult task as the peak harvest season is on,” the official explained.

 

According to the original plan, e-NAM 2.0 was supposed to be delivered by June, but was launched in Rajasthan only in November.

 

To tide over the problems, mandi officials are demanding that a separate training session be organised for user updation for the market committees and separate user manuals be provided on e-NAM 2.0 for each stakeholder category.

 

Also, for smooth functioning of e-NAM 2.0 and to ensure proper testing at the mandi level before its formal implementation, the e-NAM one portal should remain operational until the market committees complete the entire data configuration, they demand.

 

e-NAM 2.0 is aimed at overcoming logistical gaps and enabling faster trade, reduced wastage. The enhanced platform is designed to be more efficient, robust, user-friendly, inclusive, scalable, and open-network compliant.

 

Key features of e-NAM 2.0 will include bank account validation, eKYC features using Aadhaar, and onboarding of assaying, logistics, and other value-added service providers.