Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 26: Prime Minister, Narendra Modi today held his 16th monthly video conference under his Pro-active Governance and Timely Implem-entation (PRAGATI) initiative, with Union Secretaries of various Ministries and Chief Secretaries of States.
Chief Secretary J&K, B R Sharma also participated in the video conference.
The Prime Minister besides reviewing progress of various Central Projects also reviewed the status of the National Agriculture Market (NAM) and AMRUT.
NAM is a pan India electronic portal for sale and purchase of agricultural produce. The Union Government is providing necessary assistance including Rs 30 lakh per Mandi, software, IT experts and training for the successful implementation of e-NAM.
Union Agriculture Secretary, S K Pattanayak informed that NAM was launched in April 2016 and till date 250 Mandis have been integrated on the e-NAM platform. The target is to integrate as many as 585 markets by March 2018.
Prime Minister asked Union Agriculture Secretary to proactively sensitize State Govern-ments about the implementation and the consequent benefits of e-NAM. He urged State Governments to make the necessary amendments in the State Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act to bring it at par with the National Model APMC Act.
Prime Minister also asked State Governments to share with the PMO and Union Agriculture Ministry any suggestion on improving the overall user friendly experience of e-NAM.
While reviewing the Status of AMRUT, Prime Minister urged State Governments to ensure that the approved action plan is expeditiously implemented on ground for the benefit of the citizenry.
Union Urban Development Secretary, Rajiv Gauba informed that Annual Action Plans for 2015-16 and 2016-17 to the tune of Rs 46000 crore under AMRUT have been approved. He said with 57% of the funds being spent on water supply and 36% on sewerage networks, it is expected that within next few years 100 cities with over 1 lakh population will see marked improvement in both pipe water supply and sewerage network system.
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