Develop and Upgrade rural haats as GrAMs- road ahead and implementation of National Agricultural Market (e-NAM)
National Conference for Agriculture for Rabi conference 2018
Group III:
Participating States
• Andhra Pradesh
• Chhattisgarh
• Haryana
• Himachal Pradesh
• Maharashtra
• Odisha
• Rajasthan
• Tamilnadu
• Telangana
• Uttar Pradesh
Chairman Shri Abhilaksh Likhi , Joint secretary DAC & FW
Co-Chairman Sh. Samuel Anand Kumar, Commissioner Dept. of Agriculture and Marketing Govt of Andhra Pradesh
Developing and Upgrading Rural HAATs as GrAMs
• Group deliberated and made following suggestions to develop & upgrade Rural Haats in sync with announcement in budget, 2018-19
• MoRD suggested that states should identify the Gramin Haats based on following criteria-
• Only existing Haats be identified for development
• Location of Haats be feasible to develop
• Since “Bottom to Top Approach” is applied, therefore proposals for development be routed from GP Level .
• While selecting & shifting the Rural Haats, local consultations be held to avoid any conflict.
Developing and Upgrading Rural HAATs as GrAMs
• MoRD suggested that states should forward 5-6 models of
GrAMs based on arrivals, farmers’ footfalls, functioning of GrAMs etc. to enable MoRD to finalize the drawings.
• States will take up the issues with concerned department (Revenue) related to the Land owner ship.
• States identify the Haats at the earliest and submit the proposal to MoRD for consideration under MGNREGS
Developing and Upgrading Rural HAATs as GrAMs
• States may prioritize the aspirational districts and tribal
districts first for identifying the rural Haats to develop into the GrAMs.
• DAC & FW may formulate a comprehensive operational
guidelines to include the issues relating the institutional arrangements, management of GrAMs, Levi of charges, etc.
• States should keep all types of GrAMs outside the ambit of APMC Regulation.
Developing and Upgrading Rural HAATs as GrAMs
• Collection centers in Haryana & Punjab located in rural
area & behaving as periodic markets be treated as Rural Haats for the purpose of development and up gradation under MGNREGS
• Farmer- consumer markets located in rural areas may also be considered as rural Haats for development and up gradation under MGNREGS
e-NAM
e-NAM: SPV
• SPV needs to be formed to facilitate inter-State trade under “Trade & Commerce” in concurrent list
• To register inter-State traders to enable them to trade on e-NAM platform
• Facilitate payment to sellers
• Establish a dispute settlement mechanism
• Prescribe the quantum and mode of collection and payment of user charges between States
• Prescribe quality standards for commodities
• Enforcement mechanism for compliance
• Logistics arrangement
Quality Assaying
• Assaying has been found to give a better price to farmers.
• Centralized Quality Assaying Certification is required for inter-mandi and inter-state trade
• States should set up State level authority to prescribe certification process and modalities for certification
• State level authority to train the manpower required for assaying
• Assayers need to be accredited by the certifying agency
• DMI will finalise the Qualification Criteria for Quality Assayer
Quality Assaying (contd..)
• Lots for assaying may be determined by the lot size, value and potential for inter- mandi and inter-State trade.
• Hence assaying of 100% lots may not be required
• More number of cash crop lots may be assayed
• Simplified Quality parameters for major
commodities.
e-NAM Bidding Process
• While making mobile based bid, instead of submission option for each lot, it may be submitted after entering the bids for all lots
• Mobile app may be developed for mandi staff for registration, weighment details etc.
• e-NAM mandis to have e-NAM Mitra
• Each mandi to have one platform for direct selling by farmers without the intervention of commission agents
• The Mandi to have its own weighing scales and
supervisors to facilitate direct selling
E-payment
• Payments due by a buyer may be settled in a single transfer through online (Multi Invoices)
• e-wallet services may be provided to buyers mapped with their ID so that the payment process can be expedited
• Provision for payment through Commission Agent in e-NAM platform on the same day may be given
• Sale agreement should be auto generated on the same day (presently T+2 days) to facilitate same-day payment
• Mandi level Payment dispute Mechanism to be in place
E-payment (contd..)
• Resistance faced from the Stakeholders
• Farmers
• Not willing to receive payment in bank account due to fear of loan adjustment
• Provision for offsetting of e-NAM payments against loans by bankers should not be permitted
• Commission Agents
• Not willing to transfer through e-NAM payment gateway as they don’t want transparency in transactions
• Traders
• Traders are getting 15 days credit from the Commission Agents while CAs pay on the same day to the sellers
• Credit facilities through financial institutions using dynamic cash- credit limit, bill discounting and co-branded credit cards needs to be explored
