evidence: Government schemes. These GrAMs, electronically linked to e-NAM and exempted from regulations of APMCs, will provide farmers facility of direct sale to consumers and bulk purchasers. [...] The Committee note that Government propose to set up Agriculture Market Infrastructure Fund (AMIF) of Rs. 2000 crore. This fund will be utilized for development of GrAMs (Rs. 1000 crore) and strengthening/promotion of e-NAM (Rs. 1000 crore). [...] The Committee note that Electronic-National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) is a pan-India electronic trading portal which networks the existing APMC mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities. The Committee note that NAM Portal intends to provide a single window service for all APMC related information and services. The Committee were informed that 585 regulated wholesale markets in 18 States/UTs have been connected through a web based portal under e-NAM scheme till 31 March, 2018. The Committee were further informed that 1.05 crore farmers have been registered on the e-NAM portal till 17th June, 2018 out of which 45.25 lakh farmers have been benefited by trading on e-NAM.