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Statement: The ENAM portal, launched by the Centre in April 2016, has 45.4 lakh farmers and 417 mandis across the country registered with it. This number is disappointing, given that there are more than 13 crore farmers in India. ENAM was envisioned as a unified national electronics agriculture market. To implement it, each State has to first amend its APMC Act to make a provision for electronic auction as a mode of price discovery, allow a single licence across the State and have market fees levied at a single point. Which of the following is the reason that ENAM portal will not be fully functional in any State?

A)  There are no scientific sorting/grading facilities or quality testing machines.

B)  Lack of internet connectivity, which impedes progress

C)  Most of the states have not enacted the necessary amendments.

D)  Lack of technical expertise at the state agricultural departments

E)  None of these