To Commemorate Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav the Department of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India is
organizing a two days’ National Conference of State Agriculture & Horticulture Ministers on
14-15th July, 2022 in the august presence of Shri. Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Union
Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Hon’ble Ministers of State for Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare Sushri Shobha Karandlaje and Shri. Kailash Choudhary, and Hon’ble
Ministers of Agriculture & Horticulture of the States at Aura Hall, Taj Yeshwanthpur,
Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Government of India has taken a novel initiative for participation of the all
stakeholders through this “Platform of Platforms (PoPs) under e-NAM” to make next level
revolution in Agri. Produce Marketing which will facilitate the Indian Farmers to sell their
produce beyond their state boundaries. This will enhance farmers’ accessibility digitally to
multiple numbers of markets, buyers, service providers and to bring transparency in trade
transactions with the intent to improve price discovery mechanism for better price realization
of farm produce to the farmers. The e-NAM as PoP will pave way to create an efficient and
effective “One Nation One Market” ecosystem.
The technical session would be conducted during the conference focusing on nine
thematic areas, viz. Digital Agriculture, Pradhanmantri Fasal Bima Yojana, Natural Farming,
FPO, e-NAM, Pradhanmantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, National Food Security Mission,
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund, New Technology by ICAR. A separate session on the best
practices in the agriculture & allied sector adopted in various states across the country
would be integrated with the technical session during the conference. One of the major
interventions of this conference would be launching of e-NAM Platform of Platform by the
Hon’ble Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare to promote trade & marketing of
agriculture produce for getting better prices of agriculture commodities to farmers.
This conference is being organized to Commemorate 75 Years of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit
Mahotsav’ which is a step forward towards building a self-reliant India.

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