evidence: Government of India also planning to develop and upgrade existing 22,000 rural haats into Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs). These GrAMs, electronically linked to e-NAM portal to widen the reach of eNAMs to the farmers. There is a need to develop infrastructure in these local markets to act as ‘aggregation hubs’ to facilitate farmer groups to aggregate marketed surplus for direct farmer-to-consumer sale by eliminating middlemen. The government has decided to give accredited warehouses the status of mandis, which will be linked with the online e-NAM platform over a period of time to help farmers get better market access and realise higher returns. Trading through a warehouse-linked eNAM will assure quality, storage and delivery since the warehouse itself can also take care of logistics issues. [...] The eNAM will be most effective if there is sizable lot size, the quality is uniform by involving farmer producer companies to attract bulk buyers from distant places. Among traders and commission agents, there was a fear of coming under the tax loop with the increased online transaction.