FUNCTIONING OF e-NAM PLATFORM

• e-NAM (electronic National Agriculture Market) is a pan-India electronic trading portal that networks existing APMC mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities.
• Launched 14 April 2016, fully funded by the Central Government and implemented by the Small Farmers' Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) under the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
• Critical for UPSC: intersects agricultural marketing reforms, APMC reform debate, farmer income, digital agriculture, and cooperative federalism.