UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — e-NAM Integrates 1,656 Mandis, Benefits Over 1.80 Crore Farmers with ₹4.82 Lakh Crore Trade Since Inception
Q1. Which one of the following is the lead implementing agency for the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) at the national level?
- A. Small Farmers' Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC)
- B. National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED)
- C. Food Corporation of India (FCI)
- D. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
Q2. With reference to the institutional and constitutional basis of e-NAM, consider the following statements:
1. e-NAM was launched in April 2016 as a Central Sector Scheme.
2. At the national level e-NAM is led by SFAC under the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare.
3. Agricultural marketing, the domain in which e-NAM operates, is a subject in the Union List of the Seventh Schedule.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- e-NAM was launched in April 2016 as a Central Sector Scheme.
- At the national level e-NAM is led by SFAC under the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare.
- Agricultural marketing, the domain in which e-NAM operates, is a subject in the Union List of the Seventh Schedule.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 2 and 3 only
- C. 1 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q3. On the e-NAM platform, the figure of 13.22 crore metric tonnes (as on 28 February 2026) precisely denotes which one of the following?
- A. Cumulative physical volume of agricultural produce traded on e-NAM since inception
- B. Annual foodgrain procurement under Minimum Support Price operations
- C. Total warehousing capacity created at e-NAM-integrated mandis
- D. Central foodgrain buffer stock maintained by FCI
Q4. Consider the following statements about e-NAM milestones as on 28 February 2026:
1. Number of mandis integrated: 1,656.
2. Number of registered farmers: 1.80 crore.
3. Cumulative value of trade since inception: about ₹4.82 lakh crore.
4. Geographical coverage: 28 States and 8 Union Territories.
Which of the above is/are NOT correctly stated?
- Number of mandis integrated: 1,656.
- Number of registered farmers: 1.80 crore.
- Cumulative value of trade since inception: about ₹4.82 lakh crore.
- Geographical coverage: 28 States and 8 Union Territories.
- A. 4 only
- B. 1 and 4
- C. 2 and 3
- D. 3 only
Q5. During the COVID-19 period (April 2020), how many new trading-related modules were added to the e-NAM platform?
- A. Two
- B. Three
- C. Four
- D. Five
Q6. In which year was the 'Platform of Platforms' (PoP) launched under e-NAM to onboard private service providers?
- A. 2016
- B. 2020
- C. 2022
- D. 2024
Q7. The FPO trading module of e-NAM is operationalised under which one of the following Union ministries?
- A. Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare
- B. Ministry of Rural Development
- C. Ministry of Food Processing Industries
- D. Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Q8. With respect to the participation of Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) on e-NAM, consider the following statements:
1. FPOs can upload their produce from collection centres/farm gate with quality parameters.
2. FPOs trade through a dedicated FPO trading module on e-NAM.
3. The FPO trading module was introduced during the COVID-19 period.
4. FPOs are required to physically transport their produce to the principal APMC mandi before listing it for sale.
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?
- FPOs can upload their produce from collection centres/farm gate with quality parameters.
- FPOs trade through a dedicated FPO trading module on e-NAM.
- The FPO trading module was introduced during the COVID-19 period.
- FPOs are required to physically transport their produce to the principal APMC mandi before listing it for sale.
- A. 1, 2 and 3
- B. 2 and 4
- C. 1 and 4
- D. 3 only
Q9. How many marketing reforms in State APMC Acts were identified by the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare in consultation with NITI Aayog?
- A. Three
- B. Seven
- C. Nine
- D. Eleven
Q10. To link its mandis with e-NAM and advance the 'One Nation One Market' objective, how many mandatory reforms must a State carry out in its APMC Act?
- A. Two
- B. Three
- C. Four
- D. Five
Q11. While SFAC leads e-NAM at the national level, which one of the following bodies under the same Ministry frames the tradable (quality) parameters for commodities traded on e-NAM?
- A. Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI)
- B. National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED)
- C. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
- D. Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)
Q12. After the addition of 09 new commodities in 2025, the total number of tradable agricultural commodities on the e-NAM platform rose to which of the following?