The Electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM), the Centre’s flagship digital platform for agricultural trading, continues to grow across India, with Uttar Pradesh recording the highest number of registered farmers on the portal.
The platform seeks to digitally connect wholesale agricultural markets while enhancing transparency, price discovery and farmers’ access to markets.
Introduced by the Government of India on April 14, 2016, e-NAM is a nationwide electronic trading system that links Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) mandis through a unified digital network.
Rather than replacing physical mandis, e-NAM allows participating markets to facilitate online trading, transparent bidding, quality assessment, electronic payments and inter-state commerce.
WHY IS e-NAM IMPORTANT?
As of June 30, 2025, 1,522 mandis across 27 states and Union Territories had been integrated with e-NAM.
The platform had more than 1.79 crore registered farmers and 2.67 lakh registered traders, highlighting its growing presence in agricultural markets across the country.
Uttar Pradesh leads in farmer participation. By June 30, 2025, 33.05 lakh farmers from the state had registered on e-NAM, the highest figure among all states.
Farmers in participating mandis can use e-NAM for online bidding, accessing market information, making electronic payments and connecting with a broader pool of buyers.
The Uttar Pradesh government has also intensified efforts to improve the state’s agricultural marketing infrastructure.
At the 172nd Board meeting of the Uttar Pradesh State Agricultural Produce Market Council (Mandi Parishad), held on July 31, 2026, under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, a budget of Rs 3,025.49 crore was approved for the 2026-27 financial year.
Reports said the meeting focused on extending e-NAM to additional mandis while upgrading essential facilities, including drinking water, sanitation and lighting at market premises.
The government also put forward plans to encourage agricultural processing units under the public-private partnership (PPP) model, strengthen procurement systems for pulses and oilseeds, and promote wider participation in natural farming.
WHAT SHOULD FARMERS KNOW?
Although e-NAM is intended to increase transparency and give farmers access to a larger marketplace, it does not assure higher prices.
Farmers’ earnings remain influenced by several factors, including the quality of their produce, market demand and supply, location, participation levels and the prevailing bidding process.
As Uttar Pradesh continues to expand digital connectivity alongside physical mandi infrastructure, e-NAM is likely to remain an important part of the state’s agricultural marketing framework.
