Tech troubles derail mandi operations

The government's move to upgrade its digital farm marketplace, meant to give farmers access to more markets and better prices, has run into implementation glitches, with Rajasthan reporting data mismatches, login issues and stalled mandi operations.

- Dhirendra Kumar

The old electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) system was shut down even before onboarding to the revamped version was complete, forcing farmers back to local physical mandis, where fewer buyers mean reduced competition and lower price realizations, two people directly involved in the transition process said on the condition of anonymity. The disruption couldn't have come at a worse t