<span style="color: #222222;">In Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Territory Administration is planning to link the local mandis with the pan-India electronic trading portal, National Agriculture Market (eNAM), which networks the existing APMC mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities.<br />''<br />''AIR corrospondent reports that the modalities for linkage of the mandis to eNAM were today discussed in a meeting chaired by Principal Secretary Agriculture Production Department Navin K. Choudhary in Jammu.<br />''<br />''Mr Choudhary directed the concerned to make the eNAM portal fully functional in Parimpora, Srinagar and Narwal, Jammu mandis by June end.<br />''<br />''It was decided that DPRs of 13 approved Fruit and Vegetable Markets at Udhampur, Kathua, Sopore, Handwara, Charare Sharief, Kulgam, Pulwama, Akhnoor, Batote, Bishnah, Rajouri, Anantnag and Shopian will be submitted by Director Horticulture (P&M) to Government of India by 30th June.<br />''<br />''All these projects will be completed by 15th of October. Government of India has nominated an Agency for rigorous training of officials, farmers, traders to make them familiar about the e-marketing programme.  <br />''<br />''Accordingly, it was decided that training programme would be launched in Srinagar & Jammu in the current month itself.  Further, a pool of master trainers within the department will be created to oversee the successful implementation of this programme.</span>