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Science at scale: India’s journey from food security to global leadershipToday, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...
Open MSP procurement, storage to private sector: StarAgri CEOStarAgri CEO Amith Agarwal advocates a bigger private-sector role in MSP procurement and storage to boost efficiency, warehousing capacity,...
Unincorporated establishments surge to over 9 cr; jobs hit 15-cr mark: Govt surveyIndia's unincorporated non-agricultural sector shows remarkable growth. Over 9 crore establishments now operate, employing more than 15 cro...
Lightness, warmth, promise to build stronger India together mark much-awaited meeting between PM Modi and Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi ShankarThe Art of Living International Center witnessed a historic gathering on Sunday as the Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined Gurudev Sri Sri ...
Vijay sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM: Here's what TVK promised ahead of Assembly pollsTamil actor Vijay's party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, has taken charge as Tamil Nadu's new government. Vijay is now the Chief Minister. The ...
Tractor makers bet on returning migrant workers to drive up salesReverse migration, driven by geopolitical tensions, is boosting India's tractor industry. Returning migrant workers are investing in tracto...
Aim to tackle the issue of mis-selling agri inputs, help in farmers selling their produce: FreshokartzFreshokartz works with a network of village level entrepreneurs (VLEs) to help farmers with agri inputs and find suitable prices for their ...
Hesa to onboard 1.5 lakh microlevel entrepreneurs in 2022Hesa is a technology-enabled rural commerce platform empowering livelihood in rural areas, enabling access to quality products and services.
CSC SPV launches agri services e-marketplace"Aimed at empowering small and marginal farmers, who constitute 86 per cent of India's farming community, the CSC E-Governance India Ltd (C...
IIT Delhi to set up design and innovation lab for rural entrepreneursThe Indian Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi today said in a release that it has partnered with the Common Services Center (CSC) A...
PepsiCo to list its products on CSC's Grameen eStore platformPepsiCo said its snacking brands Lay’s, Kurkure and Uncle Chipps will be listed on the CSC Grameen eStore and made available in the hinterl...
NeGD, CSC e-Governance Services sign MoU to make UMANG app services available via CSCsWith this Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in place, the services on UMANG app will be available to citizens through the network of 3.75 l...
A new ray of hope: Creating jobs in agritech spaceThe often intersecting technologies present a unique opportunity in the agritech space to create jobs in different segments - ranging from ...
CSCs to speed up enrollment under the farmer income support scheme-PM KisanSo far only around 7 cr farmers have been enrolled in the PK-Kisan scheme against the target of 14 cr and the partnership with CSCs is expe...
STL signs pact for training in fibre networkingThe STL Academy is said to create an ecosystem of highly skilled professionals for deploying and maintaining complex optical fibre networks.
IT Minister says work on to restore Aadhaar services to 3 lakh common service centresThe VLEs have been unhappy with the decision, contending that they had invested money in purchasing equipment and in training manpower for ...
Digital India initiatives have created 3 lakh jobs, empowered citizens: PM ModiAddressing the Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs), who run these centres, via video conferencing, Modi said Digital India was launched with...
Finance Bill debate: Jaitley allays opposition's concerns, takes a dig at Congress leader Kapil SibalCongress leaders Chidambaram and Kapil Sibal interrupted Jaitley during his reply and sought clarifications on the powers being given to th...
How the Internet is empowering village-level women entrepreneursThe CSC, an Internet-enabled kiosk set up through the National e-Governance Plan, empowers village-level entrepreneurs to provide citizen-c...
Government to expand service centers to 2.5 lakh panchayats, says Ravi Shankar Prasad"The expansion scheme of CSCs is in the final stages and will be announced soon," Department of Electronics and IT Secretary R S Sharma sai...