With the Government of India’s initiative to support the idea of strengthening Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs) and making them more transparent and competitive with the advent of new edge digital technologies, its e-NAM (National Agriculture Market) platform has recorded a trade of approximately _______ collectively, since its launch in April 2016.

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With the Government of India’s initiative to support the idea of strengthening Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs) and making them more transparent and competitive with the advent of new edge digital technologies, its e-NAM (National Agriculture Market) platform has recorded a trade of approximately Rs 2.79 lakh crore collectively, since its launch in April 2016.So far, 1361 mandis of 23 states and 4 UTs have been integrated to the e-NAM platform. More than 1.75 crore farmers and 2.45 lakh traders have been registered on e-NAM portal. Total volume of 7.97 crore MT and 25.82 crore numbers (bamboo, betel leaves, coconut, lemon and sweet corn) has been recorded on the e-NAM platform.