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Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University popularly known as HAU, is one of Asia's biggest agricultural universities, located at Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. It is named after India's seventh Prime Minister, Chaudhary Charan Singh. It is a leader in agricultural research in India and contributed significantly to Green Revolution and White Revolution in India in the 1960s and 70s. It has a very large campus and has several research centres throughout the state. It won the Indian Council of Agricultural Research's Award for the Best Institute in 1997. HAU was initially a campus of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. After the formation of Haryana in 1966, it became an autonomous institution on February 2, 1970 through a Presidential Ordinance, later ratified as Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act, 1970, passed by the Lok Sabha on March 29, 1970. A. L. Fletcher, the first Vice-Chancellor of the university, was instrumental in its initial growth.

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Subject: Agricultural Business Management × Author: Mukesh Kumar × Start date: 1993 × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    Issues, impediments and prospects of e-NAM – A study of perception and opinion of stakeholders of Haryana
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2023-08-28) Mukesh Kumar; Dhingra, Atul
    The present study entitled “Issues, Impediments and Prospects of e-NAM – A Study of Perception and Opinion of Stakeholders of Haryana” has been undertaken with the objective to examine the functioning of e-NAM and issues, impediments related to it; to understand the perception and opinions of stakeholders of Haryana on the problems and intricacies of e-NAM and know the perception and opinions of stakeholders of Haryana on the prospects and potential of e-NAM. The study was conducted in 20 e-NAM mandis of 13 districts of Haryana. Statistical analysis and interpretation were done by using statistical test and techniques like Factor analysis, Likert scale, averages and chi-square test. Mostly 27% farmers were secondary educated, 60% intermediaries were graduate and 90% mandi officials were graduate. Majority of stakeholders agreed that infrastructure facilities like availability of bank/ATM, availability of utilities viz. electricity, drinking water, parking of vehicles and sheds were provided properly by government while the facilities like Loud speakers and broadcasting system, price display board, storage of unsold produce, provisions of weighing scales etc. needed to be improved. 77% farmers and 53% intermediaries said that they did not get training on use of e-NAM while all the mandi officers had said that they provided training to both stakeholders (farmers & intermediaries). 62% farmers and 60% intermediaries revealed that they had not attended awareness program on e-NAM while all the mandi officers claimed that they organised awareness program for both stakeholders. The study revealed that there was significant effect of education level of farmers and intermediaries on training attended on use of e-NAM, Choice of system of trade while there was no significant effect of age of intermediaries on training attended on use of e-NAM and choice of system of trade. Present study also revealed that prospects and potential were the most important factors with highest variance percentage 20.233 among all the other factors. All the intermediaries agreed that they did not have unified licence to trade across the states. Majority of the stakeholders agree that farmers did not get better price while trade through e-NAM. According to the stakeholder’s unavailability of Training program, Poor understanding of concept, timely payment, grading and assaying parameters and infrastructure facilities were the most challenging factors in functioning of e-NAM. While according to mandi officials resisting nature of intermediaries, poor understanding of concept, farmers were misguided by middlemen, Board/screen to display the bidding and weighing of lots are not used properly, e-weighing machine were not connected with e-NAM portal, e-weighing was not implemented in mandi premises, Direct money transfer facility was not implemented properly and better price was not provided through e-NAM were the major problems faced in functioning of e-NAM. Majority of stakeholders suggested that organizing awareness program, training programs, direct money transfer to account, well defined assaying parameters, modern storage facilities, modern assaying equipment, timely information, modern infrastructure facilities and expending banking & financial services were the major factors which helped in proper functioning of e-NAM.