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P2P lending platform Rang De disburses Rs 85 lakh worth of credit to small, marginal, and landless farmers in AssamThrough a strategic collaboration with Siddhi Vinayak Agri Processing Pvt Limited (SV Agri), Rang De is supporting the potato value chain i...
Treat customer as God: MoS Finance Bhagwat K Karad to banksWith regard to Kisan Credit Card (KCC), he urged banks, including BoM for expanding the reach of KCC scheme to more farmers and ensure time...
NASSCOM Foundation and Gen empowers 200 women agri-preneurs with digital skillsThe initiative was to digitally upskill over 200 women agri and agri-allied entrepreneurs to enable them to participate in the digital econ...
Government funds 800 startups under RKVY to fuel innovationPrime Minister Narendra Modi recently called on entrepreneurs together with the corporate world, technology sector and the financial world ...
Technical work of Pandu Ship repair facility being completed: Sarbananda SonowalSonowal met with the top officials of Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), Cochin Shipyard Limited & IIT, Madras to review the progr...
Women in entrepreneurship have potential to create 170 million jobsThe report, titled ‘Women Entrepreneurship in India – Powering the economy with her’, underlines the need to step up efforts to grow female...
How incubators are disrupting the Indian agri-tech startup landscapeThe role of incubators is crucial in the wider business ecosystem in India. They are integral to the shaping up process of the Indian start...
Thakur bats for Startups in Agri to create jobsThakur further said the government is committed to achieving $5 trillion economy by 2024-25.
Young professionals are turning agripreneurs by taking up farming
Niti Aayog strategy document estimates 8% average GDP growth during 2018-23This will raise the economy’s size in real terms from $2.7 trillion in 2017-18 to nearly $4 trillion by 2022-23, Niti said.
How to double farmers' income: Move them from being just farmers to agripreneursThe Modi Government has sets its goals on the idea of - 'Doubling Farmers Income in 5 years.' The big question is if that can be done witho...
Government introduces FPOs in fishery sector"FPO is being introduced in the fishery sector," he said, adding that proposals for 21 fishery FPOs have been submitted.
CRRI launches new unit to make rice farming profitableAs land under rice cultivation is falling, farmers are turning away as rice cultivation is not profitable. But rice is staple food for over...
- 12th plan will see shift from primary to secondary agriculture
The coming 12th five year plan, beginning this April, would witness a shift from primary to secondary agriculture.
- Farmer-Industry Partnership: Pratibha Patil calls for stronger relations
Pratibha Patil on Thursday called for stronger linkages between companies and farmers through new business models.
- President calls for growth with equity;wants boost to MSMEs
President Pratibha Patil today stressed the need for "growth with equity" which can be enabled by encouraging MSMEs.
- ICICI Bank eyes Rs 5,000-crore business in rural water projects
ICICI Bank is eyeing a Rs 5,000-crore business in financing one lakh water plants across India.