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    <b>e-Mandis can help ensure that the future for Indian farmers is far brighter than even before</b>
    Economic Times

    e-Mandis can help ensure that the future for Indian farmers is far brighter than even before

    Findings from Karnataka, which is considered to be the pioneer for this intervention, showed that farmers earned around 13% more for two years, for a set of crops sold through the e-platform
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    <b>Commonwealth 2018-Biennial conference special edition on ReMS</b>
    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - CAPAM Report

    Commonwealth 2018-Biennial conference special edition on ReMS

    The government developed a comprehensive roadmap for market reforms along with interventions in areas of technology up gradation, electronic auction platform, unified trader license to trade in all markets, quality certification, effective information etc
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    <b>Farmers in Karnataka increase income through e-trading</b>
    Bangalore - Times of India

    Farmers in Karnataka increase income through e-trading

    Farmers in Karnataka are banking on technology to market their produce and double their income. They have been realising 38% to 40% percent more income with the help of the e-trading interface, Unified Market Platform (UMP) run by Rashtriya e-Market Servives Private Limited
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    <b>Award for State’s UMP</b>
    Bangalore - The Hindu

    Award for State’s UMP

    The State’s Unified Market Platform(UMP), an online trading platform for trading commodities in Agricultural Produce Marketing Committees, has bagged the CAPAM award in the public service management category.
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    <b>Farmers in a Spot</b>
    Bangalore

    Farmers in a Spot

    A robust electronic spot commodity market can break buyer cartels and ensure fair price to the farmer. Restrictive APMC Act, lack of basic infrastructure and inability to connect to people at the grass-root level are challenges
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    <b>Farmers in Karnataka increase income through e-trading</b>
    Bangalore - Times of India

    Farmers in Karnataka increase income through e-trading

    Farmers in Karnataka are banking on technology to market their produce and double their income. They have been realising 38% to 40% percent more income with the help of the e-trading interface, Unified Market Platform (UMP) run by Rashtriya e-Market Services Private Limited
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    <b>E-initiatives To Improve Farm Income</b>
    Bangalore

    E-initiatives To Improve Farm Income

    ReMS provides a unified market platform (UMP), brings in best practices, arranges assaying facilities, enables commodity funding to benefit all stakeholders and develops secondary markets to benefit primary market participants. Of the 162 main markets in
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    <b>More Money, Better Options: How Karnataka’s E-Trading Is Changing Farmer Lives</b>
    Bangalore

    More Money, Better Options: How Karnataka’s E-Trading Is Changing Farmer Lives

    “Even NITI Aayog has appreciated this for the reason that this has enhanced the income of the farmers by 38%,” says the 2018 Karnataka State Budget.
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    <b>Farm commodities worth Rs 71,624 cr sold online in state</b>
    Belgaum

    Farm commodities worth Rs 71,624 cr sold online in state

    The launch of online agricultural marketing in Karnataka during the last three years since 2014 has succeeded in transaction of farm commodities worth Rs 71,624 crore (89 lakh lots) in the State
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    <b>The Long Road to Transformation of agricultural markets in India</b>
    Bangalore

    The Long Road to Transformation of agricultural markets in India

    In the 2016-17 Union Budget, when the government announced the implementation of an e-National Agriculture Market(e-NAM) to integrate 585 regulated markets across the nation through a single electronic platform, the initiative was widely hailed as a move
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    <b>Karnataka agriculture markets go online, allow farmers better value for their produce</b>
    Bangalore

    Karnataka agriculture markets go online, allow farmers better value for their produce

    Farmers in Karnataka are smiling. For ages, they were at the mercy of traders and commission agents who dictated prices, even for premium produce. But suddenly now, the world has become their marketplace.
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    <b>Karnataka agri markets see higher volumes despite drought hurting farm output</b>
    Bangalore

    Karnataka agri markets see higher volumes despite drought hurting farm output

    The electronic trading platforms in the agriculture markets of Karnataka have caught the attention of chilli and paddy growers in neighbouring States such as Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, who are seen increasingly bringing their produce to the market
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    <b>‘Recognise & Reward’: How UMP is helping create ‘One Nation, One Market’ for Agriculture</b>
    Bangalore

    ‘Recognise & Reward’: How UMP is helping create ‘One Nation, One Market’ for Agriculture

    When it comes to agriculture market reforms to enhance farmers’ income, the success story of Karnataka’s Unified Market Platform (UMP)* stands out.
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    <b>A whopping 42 lakh farmers opt for e-trading</b>
    Bangalore

    A whopping 42 lakh farmers opt for e-trading

    In the midst of adverse climatic conditions, 42 lakh farmers in Karnataka have registered for online trading under the Unified Marketing Platform (UMP) and are getting higher prices for their commodities in agricultural produce marketing committees(APMCs)
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    <b>Karnataka, first state to start major agri reforms, snubs eNAM participation</b>
    New Delhi

    Karnataka, first state to start major agri reforms, snubs eNAM participation

    Karnataka, the first state to initiate major reforms in agricultural marketing through creation of a Special Purpose Vehicle — Rashtriya eMarket Services Private (ReMS) — has declined to join the agriculture ministry-promoted national electronic platform.
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    <b>Demonetization is Ensuring Transparent Transactions Through Direct Payments to Farmers, After an Initial Negative Impact: Manoj Rajan of ReMS</b>
    New Delhi

    Demonetization is Ensuring Transparent Transactions Through Direct Payments to Farmers, After an Initial Negative Impact: Manoj Rajan of ReMS

    Karnataka’s Additional Secretary Manoj Rajan is Managing Director of Rashtriya e-Market Services Pvt Ltd (ReMSL), the equal joint venture of the state government and commodity exchange NCDEX.
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    <b>UMP: The Next Game Changer After GST?</b>
    Bangalore

    UMP: The Next Game Changer After GST?

    With ‘One Nation, One Tax’ becoming a reality in the form of GST, India has now taken a firm step towards realising its goal of becoming ‘One Nation, One Market’ for Agricultural Commodities.
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    <b>Karnataka woos traders from other States to its online agri platform</b>
    Bangalore

    Karnataka woos traders from other States to its online agri platform

    After connecting a majority of the agriculture markets across the State, Karnataka is now reaching out to traders and large buyers from other States to join its electronic commodity trading platform.
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    <b>Online Agricultural Markets in Karnataka- “My Produce My price”</b>
    Bangalore

    Online Agricultural Markets in Karnataka- “My Produce My price”

    Agricultural Marketing in the state had made notable progress but many challenges remained unaddressed.
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    <b>Despite drought, Karnataka farmers earned 38% more than last year</b>
    Bangalore - Times of India

    Despite drought, Karnataka farmers earned 38% more than last year

    Karnataka farmers earned 38% in 2015-16 from sale of agri-commodities through the e-trading interface Unified Market Platform. The income is expected to double in 2016-17 with many more markets coming under UMP
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    <b>UMP (Unified Market Platform) wins the prestigious ‘Gems Of Digital India Award, 2017’</b>
    Bangalore

    UMP (Unified Market Platform) wins the prestigious ‘Gems Of Digital India Award, 2017’

    In July 2015, the Union Govt. Of India under the leadership of Hon. PM Narendra Modi embarked on an ambitious mission of transforming India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.
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    <b>Karnataka’s e-trading platform helps farmers earn 38 percent more</b>
    New Delhi

    Karnataka’s e-trading platform helps farmers earn 38 percent more

    The Unified Market Platform (UMP) in Karnataka has realised 38 per cent more income in 2015-16 over 2013-14 from sale of agri-commodities through the e-trading platform, according to a recent NITI Aayog report. Copra, Black gram, Tur, were among
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    <b>KARNATAKA FARMERS EARN 138% BY DIRECT SALE VIA E-TRADING</b>
    New Delhi

    KARNATAKA FARMERS EARN 138% BY DIRECT SALE VIA E-TRADING

    At a time when farmers‟ unrest in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra is making news, Karnataka farmers have realised 38 per cent more income from sale of their produce through the e-trading interface, Unified Market Platform (UMP) that was launched in 2014
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    <b>E-trading platform helps Karnataka farmers earn 38% more income</b>
    New Delhi

    E-trading platform helps Karnataka farmers earn 38% more income

    Karnataka farmers have realised 38 per cent more income in 2015-16 from sale of agri-commodities through the e-trading interface Unified Market Platform (UMP), according to a Niti Aayog report.
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    <b>E-trading platform helps Karnataka farmers earn 38 percent more income</b>
    New Delhi

    E-trading platform helps Karnataka farmers earn 38 percent more income

    Karnataka farmers have realised 38 per cent more income in 2015-16 from sale of agri-commodities through the e-trading interface Unified Market Platform (UMP), according to a Niti Aayog report.
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    <b>Karnataka farmers earn 38% more through e-trading platform: NITI Aayog</b>
    Mumbai

    Karnataka farmers earn 38% more through e-trading platform: NITI Aayog

    The government’s think tank NITI Aayog has stated in a report that farmers in Karnataka have realised 38% more income in 2015-16 from the sale of agri-commodities through the e-trading interface Unified Market Platform (UMP).
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    <b>Doubling Farmer’s income</b>
    Bangalore

    Doubling Farmer’s income

    After introduction of online trading and UMP modal prices in mandis in Karnataka witnessed much higher increase than the increase in wholesale prices of the same commodity in the country. The increase in real terms varies from 1 percent to 43 percent.
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    <b>Farmers grow smarter to beat note ban woes</b>
    Bangalore

    Farmers grow smarter to beat note ban woes

    Farmers in Karnataka have taken to trading via the Unified Market Platform (UMP) of Rashtriya e-Market Services (ReMS) easily even as demonetisation has hit business across the country.
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    <b>Ryots shrug off cash blues, accept online payments</b>
    Bangalore

    Ryots shrug off cash blues, accept online payments

    Demonetization has hindered trading activities in agricultural markets across the country but Karnataka, a pioneer in the IT sector, has managed to minimize the damage, thanks to the automation of Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC)
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    <b>Online trade helps APMCs avoid demonetisation blues</b>
    Bangalore

    Online trade helps APMCs avoid demonetisation blues

    The ReMS has started negotiations with Banks to tie up with APMCs for online mode of payment. Around 13 lots of Rs 6.8 lakh have been deposited in bank accounts of farmers, commission agents and the market fee has been paid to APMC’s settlement accounts.
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    <b>Demonetization lesson: Why linking of online trading to farmers’ bank accounts must happen fast</b>
    Bangalore

    Demonetization lesson: Why linking of online trading to farmers’ bank accounts must happen fast

    TRADING IN ALMOST ALL OF KARNATAKA’S COMMODITY MANDIS HAS GONE ONLINE AFTER THE STATE ADOPTED PIONEERING ROOT-AND-BRANCH REFORMS IN EARLY 2014.
    But if progress in making payments directly into the bank accounts of farmers were as swift, the decline in business after the demonetisation of high value currency notes might have been arrested
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    <b>APMC trade volume is down 38 per cent</b>
    Bangalore - The Hindu

    APMC trade volume is down 38 per cent

    DEMONETISATION PROMPTS MOVE TO CHEQUE AND ONLINE PAYMENTS The currency crunch resulting from denomination has hit trading in Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) markets across Karnataka, bringing down the volume of trade by a sharp 38 per cent.
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    <b>‘Online payments will now gain momentum in agri markets’</b>
    Bangalore

    ‘Online payments will now gain momentum in agri markets’

    VISHWANATH KULKARNI
    Bengaluru, November 20 Demonetisation has jeopardised trading in agricultural markets across the country. In Karnataka, considered a pioneer in agri-marketing reforms — most APMC [Agricultural Produce Market Committee]market yards in the State are already
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    <b>Now, you can buy affordable timber online through govt’s e-auction</b>
    Bangalore

    Now, you can buy affordable timber online through govt’s e-auction

    The state forest department has launched an e-auction of wood. To take part in the auction, people can register themselves online and look up the list of products for sale on ka.remsl.in of Rashtriya e-Market Services (REMS), a joint venture of the government
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    <b>Karnataka’s farmers will have to produce marketable quality to gain from pioneering reforms</b>
    Bangalore

    Karnataka’s farmers will have to produce marketable quality to gain from pioneering reforms

    VIVIAN FERNANDES
    Manoj Rajan has plenty on his hands. He has three visiting cards for the three hats he is wearing. He gets a call from a district collector, and he discloses it sotto voce. He has to make a presentation in Delhi and the secret is shared. Karnataka’s cult
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    <b>Karnataka forward – E-platform a game-changer of country’s agriculture market</b>
    Bangalore

    Karnataka forward – E-platform a game-changer of country’s agriculture market

    BENGALURU: Karnataka has pioneered several initiatives which have got national acclaim and have been followed by other states. In this new series starring today, TOI turns the spotlight on some of them and analyses what made them click.
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    <b>Why Karnataka scores with its eMarket model</b>
    Bangalore

    Why Karnataka scores with its eMarket model

    Bengaluru: Of all the APMC (agricultural produce market committee) reforms in India, Karnataka’s Rashtriya eMarket Services Pvt. Ltd, or ReMS, has been arguably the most popular one.
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    <b>Karnataka bags award in e-Market Services</b>
    Bangalore - The Hindu

    Karnataka bags award in e-Market Services

    Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha handing over the DL Shah Platinum Award to Manoj Rajan, Additional Secretary and managing director of Rashtriya e-Market Services, at the 11th National Quality Conclave 2016 held in New Delhi on Saturday
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    <b>e-Platform for National Agricultural Market</b>
    New Delhi

    e-Platform for National Agricultural Market

    MARKET MODELS IN KARNATAKA Among various states of the country, Karnataka has been the forerunner in market reforms and in devising innovative practices to improve agricultural markets and competitiveness. The state was first in implementing Model APMC Act and it has been piloting
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    <b>Talking to – Mr. Manoj Rajan, Managing Director and CEO, Rashtriya e Market Services (ReMS)</b>
    Bangalore

    Talking to – Mr. Manoj Rajan, Managing Director and CEO, Rashtriya e Market Services (ReMS)

    Enables 105 primary agricultural markets transact on a single electronic platform. Rashtriya e Market Services (ReMS) was incorporated on January 20,2014 to bring in efficiency and transparency in the agricultural marketing system for efficient price discovery.
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    <b>National Agricultural Market</b>
    Bangalore

    National Agricultural Market

    AN ESTABLISHED SYSTEM IN KARNATAKA In the year 2013, the Government of Karnataka appointed Agricultural Marketing Reform Committee to develop a comprehensive roadmap for reforms along with identification of necessary interventions in the Agricultural Marketing Sector
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    <b>‘There is a better price realisation for farmers under the UMP’</b>
    Bangalore - The Hindu

    ‘There is a better price realisation for farmers under the UMP’

    Karnataka, a front-runner in agricultural market reforms, has implemented the online auction system through a Unified Market Platform (UMP) in over 100 markets over the past two years. UMP has streamlined market functions and has also brought in transparency
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    <b>Karnataka’s farmers reaping benefits of online commodity trading</b>
    Bangalore - The Hindu

    Karnataka’s farmers reaping benefits of online commodity trading

    The UMP through the Rashtriya e-Market Services (ReMS), a joint venture of the State and NCDEX Spot Exchange Ltd., has addressed the concerns of small and marginal farmers, who hitherto struggled for a better price.
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    <b>Karnataka shows the way on unified national agri market</b>
    Bangalore - The Hindu

    Karnataka shows the way on unified national agri market

    BANGALORE, JANUARY 29, 2015 THE PLATFORM INTEGRATES 51 MARKETS AND AIMS AT COVERING ALL THE 155 MAIN YARDS Owing to changing agricultural marketing environment, establishing a national market for agricultural and horticultural produce is one of the focus areas of the government.
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    <b>Breaking the middleman’s hold</b>
    Mumbai

    Breaking the middleman’s hold

    Agriculture market reform in Karnataka has made a start, but a lot needs to be done.It is close to 3pm at the APMC market in Tiptur, about 150 km from Bengaluru. A group of farmers is glued to a television screen in the market courtyard.
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    <b>Launch of online commodity trading in 35 APMC markets this year</b>
    Bangalore - The Hindu

    Launch of online commodity trading in 35 APMC markets this year

    BANGALORE,MAY 23,2014 For the benefit of farmers, the State government has decided to launch online trading in various commodities through the Rashtriya e-Market Services (ReMS) in 35 major Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) markets
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    <b>Economic survey 2014-15</b>
    Bangalore

    Economic survey 2014-15

    BANGALORE,MAY 23,2014 For the benefit of farmers, the State government has decided to launch online trading in various commodities through the Rashtriya e-Market Services (ReMS) in 35 major Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) markets
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    <b>Unified online market for agricultural produce is a reality</b>
    Bangalore - The Hindu

    Unified online market for agricultural produce is a reality

    FARMERS CAN SELL PRODUCE AND RECEIVE PAYMENTS ONLINE Chief Minister Siddaramaiah launched a unified virtual market for agricultural produce here on Saturday.
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    <b>Karnataka gets unified platform for commodity trade</b>
    Mumbai

    Karnataka gets unified platform for commodity trade

    Rashtriya e-Market Services, a joint venture between NCDEX Spot Exchange and the Karnataka government, launched a first-of-its-kind unified market platform (UMP) in Karnataka on Saturday.
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    <b>New agricultural marketing policy unveiled</b>
    Bangalore - The Hindu

    New agricultural marketing policy unveiled

    POLICY AIMS TO INCREASE COMPETITION, DEVELOP MARKETS, EMPOWER FARMERS It is close to 3pm at the APMC market in Tiptur, about 150 km from Bengaluru. A group of farmers is glued to a television screen in the market courtyard.
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    <b>Karnataka govt releases Agri Marketing Policy ’13 to boost competition</b>
    Bangalore - FnBnews.com

    Karnataka govt releases Agri Marketing Policy ’13 to boost competition

    KARNATAKA GOVT RELEASES AGRI MARKETING POLICY '13 TO BOOST COMPETITION The Karnataka government recently released the Agricultural Marketing Policy 2013 in an effort to increase competition.
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