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Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing schemes (AGMARKNET) portal

Updated: 16 Oct 2025
Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Beneficiary: Farmers

Overview

The AGMARKNET portal is a Central Sector e-governance scheme providing a single-window platform for real-time agricultural marketing data to improve infrastructure and market efficiency.

  • Type: Central Sector Schemes
  • Objectives: To develop agricultural marketing infrastructure for effectively managing marketable surplus of agriculture including horticulture and of allied sectors 
  • It is a G2C e-governance portal for providing agricultural marketing related information from a single window. 
  • It facilitates web- based information flow, of the daily arrivals and prices of commodities in the agricultural produce markets spread across the country.
  • 5 components under two implementing agencies:
    • Directorate of Marketing & Inspection or DMI (a division of the ministry)
      • Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) a sub scheme of Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM)
      • Marketing Information Network (MRIN) 
      • Strengthening of Agmark Grading Facilities (SAGF)
    • Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium or SFAC (an autonomous organization)
      • Agri-Business Development (ABD) through Venture Capital Assistance (VCA) and Project Development Facility (PDF)
      • Choudhary Charan Singh National Institute of Agriculture Marketing (NIAM)