Over 4,300 FPOs registered on e-NAM: Agriculture Minister

Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan yesterday said over 4300 Farm Producers’ Organisations have registered with the e-NAM portal till the end of last year and over 4 crore 80 lakh farmers of these FPOs have received payments to the tune of 249 crore rupees. Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha, the Agriculture minister said over 10 thousand FPOs have been formed so far, across the country.

The Minister said over 1400 markets across the country have joined the e-NAM



portal. He said farmers can utilise the benefit of e-NAM while sitting at home by uploading 360-degree photos of their farm produce to get competitive prices as a separate Farm Gate Module has been set up on e-NAM to facilitate farmers.

The Minister further said 22 states and union territories have joined the e-NAM portal for Inter-state business and payments of nearly six thousand crore rupees have been made directly to farmers under inter-state trade.