What was the main objective of the National Agriculture Market (NAM) scheme approved in 2015 ?

The National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) scheme, approved by the Government of India in July 2015, was designed to provide electronic marketing (e-trading) facilities to farmers by networking selected regulated wholesale markets (APMC mandis) across states on a common electronic portal. It does not replace APMC mandis with retail outlets, fix statutory minimum support prices, or distribute direct cash subsidies.