**Executive Summary**
This document, released on December 16, 2025, by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, discusses the Agmarknet and e-NAM initiatives. These initiatives aim to empower farmers by providing real-time mandi (market) price information through the Agmarknet portal and its mobile application. The Agmarknet Portal was upgraded to version 2.0 in November 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Agmarknet Portal:**
* Developed and operationalized under a scheme integrating Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs).
* Provides real-time price information to farmers.
* Technologically upgraded to Agmarknet Portal 2.0 in November 2025.
* 4367 mandis are linked to the Agmarknet portal.
* Agmarknet 2.0 Mobile App allows on-the-spot entry of mandi data and access to price/arrival information.
* **e-National Agriculture Market (e-NAM):**
* A demand-driven scheme integrating new mandis based on State Government/UT proposals.
* No specific time-bound expansion target.
* 1522 mandis have been onboarded on the e-NAM portal.
* Displays real-time mandi prices for traded commodities on the portal and mobile app.
* Online bidding ensures fair price discovery and e-payments.
* **Mobile Application:**
* Provides free mobile-based price information service for 247 notified commodities.
* Enables farmers to identify nearby e-NAM mandis, view prevailing prices, and access routes.
**Impact Analysis**
**Farmers**
* **Impact:** Access to real-time price information and arrival data, enabling better marketing decisions and price transparency.
* **Action Required:** Utilize the Agmarknet portal, Agmarknet 2.0 Mobile App and e-NAM mobile application to access market information and participate in online bidding.
**State Governments/UTs**
* **Impact:** Required to submit proposals for integrating new mandis onto the e-NAM platform based on demand and readiness.
* **Action Required:** Evaluate demand and readiness for e-NAM integration and submit proposals accordingly.
Key Entities Referenced
e-National Agriculture Market (e-NAM): A demand-driven scheme to integrate mandis onto a unified platform for price discovery and fair trade.
Agmarknet: A portal providing real-time price information for farmers, integrated with Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs).
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare: The government ministry responsible for implementing and overseeing agricultural schemes like e-NAM.
Agmarknet Portal 2.0: An upgraded version of the Agmarknet portal with enhanced features.
Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs): Local market committees integrated into the Agmarknet system for real-time price information dissemination.
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Agmarknet and e-NAM Empower Farmers with
Real-Time Mandi Price Information
प्रव तथ: 16 DEC 2025 5:51PM by PIB Delhi
Recognizing the critical importance of price information for farmers, Government is implementing
Marketing Research and Information Network (MRIN) in the country since 2000. The Agmarknet Portal
developed and operationalised under the Scheme integrates Agricultural Produce Market Committees
(APMCs) to provide real time price information to the farmers. The portal has been technologically
upgraded as Agmarknet Portal 2.0 in November, 2025. Integration of new mandiswith the portal is a
continuous process. 4367 mandis have so far been linked to Agmarknet portal across the country to display
real-time price information.To facilitate access to real-time price and arrival information directly from the
field, Government has also launched Agmarknet 2.0 Mobile App. It enables on-the-spot entry of mandi data
and allows farmers to access price and arrival information on their mobile phones for better marketing
decisions.
e-National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) is a demand-driven scheme. Integration of new mandis on e-
NAM platform is undertaken based on proposals received from State Governments/UTs, depending on their
demand and readiness. There is no specific time-bound expansion target. Till date, 1522 mandis have been
onboarded on e-NAM portal.
To enhance price transparency for farmers, e-NAM displays of real-time mandi prices of all traded
commodities on the portal and mobile app. Online biddingensures fair price discovery and facilitation of e-
paymentsfor timely payments to farmers.
Free mobile-based price information service for 247 notified commoditiesis being provided through e-NAM
mobile application.The app also enables farmers to identify nearby e-NAM mandis,view prevailing prices
and access route.
This information was given by Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Ramnath
Thakur in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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