Bharat Market: National E-Commerce Marketplace launched by CAIT

A National E-Commerce Market place was launched by Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) called “Bharat Market”. Highlights The e-commerce market place will integrate the capabilities of technology companies in order to provide end to end services. The portal will include participation of retailers and aims to bring 95% of retail traders into the platform. ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: Amazon • Common Service Centres • Confederation of All India Traders • DPIIT • e-NAM • Flipkart • Mandi • National E-Commerce Policy

E-Nam: 200 new Mandis integrated

On May 1, 2020, around 200 Mandis were added to the E-NAM platform. The mandis were from 7 different states. They were joined through a video conference held by the Union Minister of Agriculture Shri Narendra Singh Tomar. Highlights The mandis added were from the states of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: BHIM • e-marketing system • e-Marketplace • e-NAM • Mandi • Narendra Singh Tomar • National Payments Corporation of India

National Conference on Kharif Crops, 2020 held through video conference

On April 16, 2020 the Union Agricultural Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar chaired the National Conference on Kharif crops. The conference discussed measures to achieve doubling of farmers’ income and to achieve Kharif target. Secretaries of DAC&FW and ICAR and also officers from state governments participated in the conference. Highlights The conference fixed the target ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020

Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs

Topics: COVID-19 • Doubling Farmers Income • e-NAM • Kharif Crops • Mandi • national conference on kharif crops • PM-AASHA • Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana • Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi • Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana

E-NAM completes four years of service

On April 14, 2020, the Electronic-National Agricultural Market completed four years of implementation. It was developed under the concept of “One Nation One Market”. About E-NAM E-NAM is managed by the Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC). It provides single service for all APMC (Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee) related activities. Today there are more than 450 ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) • Agricultural Productivity • Doubling Farmers Income • e-NAM • farmer welfare • Mandi • Portal • Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium

New E-NAM Features launched by the Agricultural Ministry

On April 2, 2020, the Union Ministry of Agriculture launched new features of National Agriculture Market. This aims to strengthen agricultural marketing of farmers. The main objective of the features are to reduce the congestion at mandis that will help fight against COVID-19. Features The Ministry has launched new software modules on the E-NAM platform. ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: Agriculture • Agriculture Demand Side management • Agriculture Ministry • e-NAM • farmer welfare • Mandi • Portal