What is e-kharid?
An online trading portal, e-Kharid is an initiative taken by the government of Haryana for online trading of agricultural produce and other commodities. This is a revolutionary platform for farmers which aims at providing them more exposure to the market and the world of e-commerce through which they can themself trade their agricultural produce.
The e-kharid is like any other e-commerce website and has an online payment option available. This works as a single platform for all stakeholders and is set up by the Haryana State Agricultural Marketing (HSAM) board and the food supply department.
The stakeholders on the e-kharid platform are usually the farmers, traders, market committees, government agencies, commission agents, buyers and exporters. The e-kharid provides a common platform for all these stakeholders.
The e-kharid platform works with an objective to provide e-commerce services to the farmers and expose them to trading and provide transparency on all levels of the trade. This also gives farmers a sense of security in the sense of the prices at which their produce is sold and also gives them real time information about the trade.
Eligibility Criteria for e-kharid
To register on the e-kharid online portal, there is a certain eligibility that has to be met. The eligibility criteria is as follows:
- All farmer-beneficiaries need to be a resident of the state of Haryana.
- To register, the applicant needs to be 18 years of age or above.
- The applicant needs to provide proof of identification including PAN, UID, Voter ID, etc.
Benefits of e-kharid
- The e-kharid platform provides a platform for farmers online for trading their agricultural produce.
- This platform provides uniformity across agricultural marketing.
- It provides a single platform for all stakeholders.
- It provides an opportunity to the farmers to trade on their own, thus reducing the middlemen in the trading of agricultural goods.
- This portal provides certain clarity to the farmers and has proven revolutionary to the farmers of the Haryana state.
