Explanation:

The 32nd World Conference of World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) conference is being organised at Gurugram on 11 and 12 October which is inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Mr Purushottam Rupala. A total of 18 countries from five continents, embassies and diplomatic officers from 16 countries and over 50 Indian delegates from different State Agricultural Marketing Boards of India participated in the event.This is for the first time a conference of WUWM is being organised in India at Gurugram, Haryana, under the theme “The Wholesale Markets in the Digital Era: Challenges and Opportunities."