e-NAM 2.0 Faces Data Migration Hurdles in Rajasthan
Why in the news
The Centre’s upgraded e-NAM 2.0, meant to improve mandi working, ran into data migration difficulties in Rajasthan, one of its two pilot states.
About e-NAM
- A pan-India electronic trading platform for farm produce, built to form a unified national market.
- Links mandis across states for transparent price discovery and easier trade.
Objectives
- Better prices and higher farmer income via competitive bidding.
- Fewer middlemen and less market fragmentation.
- Direct access to buyers, assayers and logistics firms.
- Digital trading with transparency and efficiency.
e-NAM 2.0 features
- Efficient, robust, inclusive, scalable and open-network compliant design.
- Bank account validation and Aadhaar eKYC.
- Assaying, logistics and value-added service providers on board.
- Real-time trading and data-driven insights, to close logistical gaps and cut wastage.
Exam angle
- Pilot states: Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.
- Identity check: Aadhaar eKYC.