Union Minister of Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh is desperate to keep his words of doubling farmers’ income. In a programme conducted by ASSOCHAM Minister listed the new means and ways for the incomes related to farmers and to give them better return of their produces in appropriate marketing system.
Singh said that the markets must be within the reach of the farmers and there must not be any middle man between them and the consumers. The prices of the yield should be discovered in a transparent way and the farmers must be paid the price of their yield without any delay.
The Central Government is raising such an infrastructure throughout the country through which the market will be linked directly with the farmers and the consumers will be capable to buy the agricultural products from the farms of the farmers directly, he added.
In the new arrangement the farmers can sale their produces through online trading from anywhere and they can obtain better prices of their produces as per its quality. If farmer is not satisfied with the price, he can reject even the highest bid. Option of online payment system is also available to the farmers.
The states which have made 3 mandatory amendments to their APMC Act can join the e-NAM platform. The amendments are provision of e-trading, single point levy of mandi fee and single trading license valid throughout the states. Two major states Bihar and Kerala don’t have APMC Act at present and are not on the e-NAM portal. Government is persuading these states to create some regulatory mechanism in their states and join the e-NAM platform.
In addition to above, Government is promoting direct purchase/sale of farmers produce from the farm. So far, 22 states have amended their APMC Acts to enable this provision.