Mahindra Insurance announces partnership with Agri Digital Platform BigHaatMahindra Insurance Brokers will offer health and motor insurance policies under this partnership. The health insurance policy will be sold ...
22 Jun, 2022, 05.22 PM IST
JM Financial PE leads Rs 100 crore round in agritech platform BigHaatProceeds from the investment will support augmentation of the existing technology infrastructure and accelerate expansion of the firm’s ope...
20 Jan, 2022, 05.13 PM IST
Agri-tech startup DeHaat raises $115 million led by Sofina, Lightrock IndiaSingapore government investment fund Temasek also co-invested in the round with participation from existing investors, Prosus Ventures, RTP...
27 Oct, 2021, 03.12 PM IST
Agritech platform DeHaat raises $115 million from Sofina, Lightrock & TemasekDeHaat has been building a digitised network of farmers as well as last-mile service providers and providing direct access to farmers throu...
27 Oct, 2021, 12.13 PM IST
NABARD provided Rs 1,236 crore from its Rural Infrastructure Development Fund for Assam in FY21To facilitate income enhancement, provide quality service and easy access to market and other facilities to rural population of Assam, ther...
15 May, 2021, 12.09 AM IST
As pandemic exposes vulnerability of urban jobs, rural India thrives on local level entrepreneurshipAs technology makes strides in the hinterland, the local level entrepreneurs are making sure the rural consumer gets the best out of it.
21 Apr, 2021, 10.16 AM IST
Centre focused on promoting rural industries, aims to take annual turnover to Rs 5 lakh crore: RajnathArtisans and craftsmen from states such as Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal P...
21 Feb, 2021, 12.19 PM IST
RTP Global, Prosus lead DeHaat's $30 million funding roundExisting investors Sequoia Capital India, Dutch entrepreneurial development bank FMO, Omnivore and AgFunder also participated in this round.
19 Jan, 2021, 11.52 AM IST
We are working to create a "new Assam": PM ModiSpeaking at the Global Investors' Summit in Guwahati, the prime minister highlighted the benefits of the government's proposed healthcare, ...
03 Feb, 2018, 03.10 PM IST
Budget 2018 gives impetuous to rural economy and boost consumption: Dabur IndiaThe budgetary allocation for cultivation of specialized medicinal and aromatic plants is another big positive and will help promote India’s...
01 Feb, 2018, 03.42 PM IST
Idyll move: Rural haats set to turn into career fairsThe move will help the government reach out to the masses and facilitate employment generation amid criticism of jobless growth in the coun...
11 Sep, 2017, 11.38 PM IST
FM Jaitley should focus on agriculture sector in Budget 2017Tangible reforms are necessary in land transfer & ownership laws, giving incentives towards mechanised farming and in genetic animal breedi...
25 Jan, 2017, 01.20 PM IST
PIL filed in Patna High Court challenging total ban on alcoholAn ex-serviceman A N Singh filed the PIL in the Patna High Court, a day after the Nitish Kumar ministry declared Bihar a total dry state.
06 Apr, 2016, 03.05 PM IST
Centre launches 'E-haat' to promote women entrepreneurs'Mahila E-Haat' is an online platform from the Women and Child Development Ministry, where women entrepreneurs can sell their products dire...
07 Mar, 2016, 08.04 PM IST
- Local bazaars allowed at India-Bangladesh border at Meghalaya
People on both sides of the India-Bangladesh border at Meghalaya can now organise haats (rural bazaars)as the bilateral agreement to this e...
03 Jul, 2011, 03.54 PM IST
- Mobile players target haats to push growth
It’s a perfect case of tapping fortunes at the bottom of the pyramid. After taking urban millions by storm, leading mobile phone vendors li...
23 Apr, 2007, 03.38 AM IST
- Nabard stresses on new techniques to stem farm issues
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development managing director KG Karmakar said the suicide by farmers in the country.
25 Dec, 2006, 01.43 AM IST