eSanta: Platform for Marine Products

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The Union Commerce and Industry Minister launched a platform called “eSanta” for marine products. The main aim of the platform is to empower aqua farmers.

About eSanta

• The Union Minister informed that the e-commerce platform will help in empowering farmers as they will be able to sell their products through this portal. 

• The advanced platform will enable the farmers to do spot as well as forward sales.

• The eSanta portal eliminates the necessity of middlemen completely.

• National Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture (NaCSA) is an extension arm of Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), Ministry of Commerce & Industry.

• It will raise income, lifestyle, self-reliance, quality levels, traceability, and provide new options for our aqua farmers.

• The platform will change the traditional way of carrying out business from a word of mouth basis to become more formalized & legally binding.

About NaCSA:

• National Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture (NaCSA) is an extension arm of Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), Ministry of Commerce & Industry Govt. of India.

• The objectives of NaCSA are to encourage and uplift the small and marginal farmers through the organization of clusters and maintaining Best Management Practices in shrimp culture.