evidence: An RTI revealed that as on January 19, 2021, there is only one state that has submitted its report to avail the facility. In response to an RTI filed by the writer, the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare on January 19 confirmed that the states are being persuaded, however, so far there is only one state (Gujarat) that has submitted its Detailed Project Report (DPR) to avail the assistance under Agri-Marketing Infrastructure Fund (AMIF). The application is being processed. [...] To remove this hurdle, the DFI Committee recommended to set up about 30,000 markets across the country. These include both retail and wholesale markets. Under this, the committee recommended to establish existing 22,000 local haats as Primary Retail Agricultural Markets (PRAMs). These local haats are the centres where local people assemble on certain days at a regular interval. These haats are located at distance of 5-6 kilometers of the farm gates, the committee said. [...] Taking a leaf from the DFI committee which submitted its report in 2018, erstwhile finance minister Jaitley had announced, "We will develop and upgrade existing 22,000 rural haats into Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs). In these GrAMs, physical infrastructure will be strengthened using MGNREGA and other government schemes. These GrAMs, electronically linked to e-NAM and exempted from regulations of APMCs, will provide farmers facility to make direct sale to consumers and bulk purchasers." He also announced Rs. 20 billion (Rs. 2,000 crore) of Agri-Market Infrastructure Fund (AMIF) for the purpose.