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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

The Ministry of Agriculture announced that the e-NAM reached target 1000 mandis across the nation in 18 states. E-NAM was launched in which year?

A	2015
B	2017
C	2018
D	2016

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -e-NAM or the e-trading platform (online trading portal) for the National Agriculture Market (NAM) was launched by the Prime Minister of India, on April 2016.

Detailed explanation-2: -National Agriculture Market (NAM) is a pan-India electronic trading portal launched on 14th April, 2016 completely funded by Central Government and implemented by Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC).

Detailed explanation-3: -The new features of the e-NAM platform allow the remote bidding and mobile-based payment for traders which will strengthen the agriculture marketing. The added features of the e-NAM platform promote the inter-State trade by providing online transport facilities for distant buyers.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Centre on Tuesday informed Parliament that it has achieved integration of 1, 260 wholesale mandis, located in 22 states and three union territories, with the electronic-National Agriculture Market (e-NAM).

Detailed explanation-5: -National Agriculture Market (eNAM) is a pan-India electronic trading portal which networks the existing APMC mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities.

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