Chirag Paswan flags spice export quality issues, says rejections are “disheartening and embarrassing”Union Minister Paswan highlighted spices’ historic role in India’s trade and their vast untapped potential beyond culinary use.
17 Apr, 2026, 04.51 PM IST
Piyush Goyal meets Zepto CEO Aadit Palicha, discusses skilling, innovation and supply chainsTaking to the social media platform X, Goyal shared details of the meeting, highlighting discussions around youth and entrepreneurship. "A ...
20 Mar, 2026, 08.05 PM IST
Time to move from food security to farmer prosperity: VP Jagdeep DhankharVice President Jagdeep Dhankhar urged a shift from food security to farmer prosperity, emphasizing the need for agricultural education, inn...
27 Apr, 2025, 04.11 PM IST
Government released Rs 122 crore to over 1,700 agri-startups in last 5 years: MoS AgriIn his written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Agriculture Bhagirath Choudhary, said a financial assistance of Rs 122.50 cror...
10 Dec, 2024, 06.16 PM IST
Rs 15 crore funding for agri start-ups from IIM Kashipur driveUnder the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare's RKVY RAFTAAR RABI scheme, IIM Kashipur FIED has provided funding and business trainin...
29 Jan, 2024, 08.27 PM IST
Higher educational institutes create ‘Agri-Consortium’Indian higher educational institutes (HEIs) have joined together to form an 'Agri-Consortium', led by IIM Kashipur. The consortium aims to ...
27 Sep, 2023, 01.17 PM IST
Understanding the immediate priorities to empower women in the Indian agriculture sectorPresently, the agriculture sector employs 80% of all economically active women in India, which includes 48% of the self-employed farmers an...
03 Apr, 2021, 11.32 AM IST
Karnataka to soon unveil policy framework on agri startups & operational guidelinesAgri-startups can provide missing links in the agricultural value chain and deliver efficient, innovative products, technologies and servic...
10 Feb, 2021, 04.40 PM IST
Budget 2019: 80 business incubators, 20 technology incubators to be set up in 2019-20In coming times, Government is to focus on transforming anandata(food cultivator) into urjadata (power generator), she said.
05 Jul, 2019, 06.19 PM IST
ICAR has contributed in increasing agriculture productionAgriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh said the agri-business incubation (ABI) centers were encouraging new startups.
20 Dec, 2018, 05.51 PM IST
Agri varsity plans incubation centre to promote startupsProfessor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) here has drawn up plans to launch an 'agri-incubation centre' to pro...
23 Jan, 2018, 02.40 PM IST
Agri scheme rebranded, gets Rs 15,722 crore for 3 yearsUnder this, funds will be provided as 60:40 grants between the Centre and states.
02 Nov, 2017, 09.53 AM IST
Government tweaks RKVY scheme to make farming remunerativeThe RKVY-RAFTAAR funds would be provided in the ratio of 60:40 to the states except for north east and Himalayan states which will get 90:1...
01 Nov, 2017, 04.09 PM IST
EDII appointed as nodal institute for start-ups by Gujarat governmentThose with innovative ideas in the fields of agri-business, food processing, bio-technology, chemicals, plastics and manufacturing will ben...
16 Mar, 2016, 07.55 PM IST
- EDI to start new courses in Social Entrepreneurship, SME Banking
EDI will start new courses on Social Entrepreneurship and Business Entrepreneurship, SME Banking and Financial Services.
13 Apr, 2013, 10.08 PM IST
- XLRI Jamshedpur launches entrepreneurship-focused graduate program
The course will include fields of specific interest in the context of entrepreneurial development in India like family business, women entr...
19 May, 2012, 03.43 PM IST
- FICCI to organise Africa-CIS-India Agrifood Business Meet
Industry body FICCI, in collaboration with the Department of Commerce, is organising the Africa-CIS-India Agrifood Business Meet 2008 here ...
14 Feb, 2008, 09.36 PM IST