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Poor arrangements hit e-procurement

KARNAL: Aiming at making the procurement process hi-tech and transparent, the e-National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) and e-Kharid have failed to provide desired results due to poor arrangements.

Poor arrangements hit e-procurement

Farmers wait at the counter to get a lot number at the new grain market in Karnal on Friday. Photo: Ravi Kumar



Parveen Arora

Tribune News Service

Karnal, September 30

Aiming at making the procurement process hi-tech and transparent, the e-National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) and e-Kharid have failed to provide desired results due to poor arrangements.

The e-NAM was started in the Karnal Grain Market on April 14 to provide a platform to farmers to sell their produce anywhere in the country at competitive rates. Under the project, a lot number is allotted to the farmer to sell his produce when he enters the grain market.

When The Tribune team visited the Karnal Grain Market, it found that several farmers had entered the grain market without obtaining the lot number and weighing their produce on the weighing machines installed at the entry gates of the market.

The server of e-NAM, which issues lot numbers, was running slow, which led to long queues of tractor-trailers at each gate of the market. As computers failed to generate slips, lot numbers were inscribed on hands of farmers. “I have been waiting for the past one hour, but could not get the lot number. The government should make arrangements before initiating any step,” said Saravjeet Singh, a farmer from Darar village.

Rajesh Kalyan, a farmer from Kutail village, said that he could not get the lot number for the past one hour as the server was not working properly. An employee of the grain market said that the server was not running properly since yesterday. Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan launched e-Kharid on September 27, but it is yet to get into operational mode. No login ID and password were given to the procurement agencies and commission agents. Besides, no J-form, which carries information about the produce and rate, had been issued to farmers even after starting of procurement in Karnal.

A commission agent said that they were not going with the system and were giving the J-form manually to the farmers. He alleged that the entry of tractor-trailers without the lot number was to encourage illegal trading in the grain market.

“Login ID and password are being given to them. From October 1, all J-forms would be generated through this system,” said J Ganesan, Chief Administrator, HSMB. Chander Parkash, Secretary, Market Committee, said that no procurement would be done without the lot number.

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