Sri Sathya Ganapathy temple adorns Ganesha idol with currency notes and coins worth Rs 2.5 croreThe Sri Sathya Ganapathy Temple in Bengaluru has amazed devotees by adorning its Ganesha idol and mantapa with currency notes and coins wor...
20 Sep, 2023, 12.05 PM IST
Beyond Snack raises $3.5 million in funding from Nabard-backed NabventuresKerala-based banana chips brand Beyond Snack has raised $3.5 million in a funding round led by agriculture and food focussed early stage fu...
27 Jul, 2023, 06.25 PM IST
Arkam Ventures launches second fund; targets to raise $180 millionThe firm -- floated by cofounder and former managing partner of Helion Venture Partners Rahul Chandra and Kalaari Capital’s Bala Srinivasa ...
27 Jun, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
Agri-fintech startup Jai Kisan raises $50 million in equity and debtJai Kisan raised debt funding from investors such as Northern Arc, Alteria and MAS Financial.
29 Jul, 2022, 07.57 PM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: no big round for second straight weekRural-focused agri-fintech startup Jai Kisan raised $50 million; Revenue management solutions provider PriceLabs raised $30 million this we...
29 Jul, 2022, 06.13 PM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Logistics startups raise bigger financing roundsLogistics and supply chain startups bagged bigger rounds this week. Meanwhile, Mensa Brands—the Thrasio-style venture of former Myntra CEO ...
04 Jun, 2021, 07.03 PM IST
Jai Kisan raises $30 million in funding from Mirae Asset, othersJai Kisan, a rural fintech startup, aims to use the funding to add talent, enhance engineering and data science capabilities, expand into n...
31 May, 2021, 11.16 AM IST
Farmer protests on, President says government respects Supreme Court order to suspend farm laws“My government has always respected freedom of expression and holding of peaceful agitations in a democratic setup. However, the recent act...
29 Jan, 2021, 10.22 PM IST
Rural fintech startup Jai Kisan raises Rs 30 cr from NABARD-back fund, othersFounded by Arjun Ahluwalia and Adriel Maniego, Jai Kisan is a fintech platform for rural emerging markets that facilitates a suite of finan...
16 Jun, 2020, 05.49 PM IST
Farm leaders disappointed with no increase in PM Kisan pay out in Budget 2020With agriculture credit increased from Rs 87,000 crore in 2003 to 15 lakh crore in Budget 2020, Ramandeep Mann a farm activist said that th...
01 Feb, 2020, 08.42 PM IST
Government has taken money away from rural India, says Jai Kisan AndolanFirst of all, the funds given to Food Corporation of India for procurement and PDS operations have been slashed from Rs. 1,51,000 lakh cror...
01 Feb, 2020, 08.28 PM IST
Making credit access easy for small farmersFrom a loan book of a little under Rs 2 crore, Jai Kisan is looking at around Rs 30 crore by the end of the year.
03 Mar, 2019, 11.33 AM IST
250 lawmakers, activists write to Prime Minister raising concerns over MGNREGA fund crunchThe letter was written after a meeting between the lawmakers, activists and civil society members was held to discuss the potential and cha...
14 Jan, 2019, 08.54 PM IST
ET View: Farmers march points to sustained policy failure on the farm frontFarmers are in economic distress, most of the time, and they make news when larger than usual numbers of them commit suicide or stage spect...
02 Oct, 2018, 04.24 PM IST
View: Jai Kisan, Jai Swasthya, Jai Bharat BudgetITC’s e-Choupal which empowers over 4 million farmers, its food processing investments and rural social programmes, will indeed support the...
01 Feb, 2018, 11.04 PM IST
Noisy Opposition seeks PM's apology, disrupts RS proceedingsUnrelenting members intensified shouting slogans -- "Pradhan Mantri Maafi Maango (PM should apologise), Rona Dhona Bandh Karo, Pradhan Mant...
02 Dec, 2016, 03.39 PM IST
The farmer forsaken: Modi govt is at best apathetic and not adversarial to his aspirationsFor India to grow at 9 per cent its farm sector must grow at 4 per cent but for the first time in a decade, India's agricultural output wit...
18 Jul, 2015, 11.54 AM IST