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What is/are the advantage/advantages of implementing the `National Agriculture Market’ scheme

What is/are the advantage/advantages of implementing the `National Agriculture Market’ scheme?

1. It is a pan-India electronic trading portal for agricultural commodities.
2. It provides the farmers access to nationwide market, with prices commensurate with the quality of their produce.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a)

1 only

(b)

2 only

(c)

Both 1 and 2

(d)

Neither 1 nor 2

Answer:

(c)

CA

Explanation

National Agriculture Market (NAM) is a pan-India electronic trading portal which networks the existing APMC (Agricultural produce market Committee) mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities. NAM created a unified market through online trading platform, both, at State and National level and promotes uniformity, streamlining of procedures across the integrated markets and access to a nationwide market for the farmer, with prices commensurate with quality of his produce. www.civilsdaily.com/what-is-e-nam/ www.civilsdaily.com/story/agricultural-marketing-reforms/