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Backgrounder: e-NAM integrates 1,656 mandis

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: Backgrounder: e-NAM integrates 1,656 mandis (GS3 · Agri marketing, 13 April 2026)

What happened

  • e-NAM had 1,656 mandis integrated across 23 States and 4 UTs by March 2026, with over 1.80 crore farmers, 2.73 lakh traders and 4,724 FPOs registered [PIB].

Background

  • e-NAM (2016) is run by SFAC; agricultural marketing is a State subject.

Why it matters

  • Online trading across mandis should help farmers find better prices.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Agriculture: cropping, MSP, PDS, food processing, land reforms

  1. As per PIB (2026-04-13): e-NAM had 1,656 mandis integrated across 23 States and 4 UTs by March 2026, with over 1.80 crore farmers, 2.73 lakh traders and 4,724 FPOs registered.
  2. Online trading across mandis should help farmers find better prices.
Quotable data point

e-NAM had 1,656 mandis integrated across 23 States and 4 UTs by March 2026, with over 1.80 crore farmers, 2.73 lakh traders and 4,724 FPOs registered.

PIB: PIB Backgrounder: e-NAM, 13 Apr 2026

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: e-NAM.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Mandis integrated

Answer (c) & explanation

PIB.

Practice · UPSC

Implementing agency

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Practice · UPSC

Farmers registered

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

ExplainerAgricultural Marketing in India: APMC System, Model Acts, e-NAM, FPOs, Warehousing, the 2020 Farm Laws and Reform Options (UPSC Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: PIB Backgrounder: e-NAM, 13 Apr 2026

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