View: Understanding economies and their role in rendering old models of caste irrelevantWhere do we locate contemporary service providers? By traditional classifications they are the shudras? Does the old varna system still hol...
18 Sep, 2021, 12.00 AM IST
Flush with funds, agritech startups to step up hiring in 2021Agritech startups, including CropIn, Gramophone, Arya Collateral, Ergos, Samunnati, Ujjay, AgNext, Aquaconnect and Agdhi, plan to cumulativ...
06 Feb, 2021, 01.43 PM IST
Agritech startup Ergos raises Rs 22.5 crore in funding from CDC GroupWith that, Ergos has closed its Series A funding round that saw participation of investors Aavishkaar Capital and Chiratae Ventures, apart ...
13 Jan, 2021, 06.50 PM IST
For these 'Covid-proof' businesses, there's no better time to make some moneyWFH, school shutdowns, increased social welfare spending are helping a few companies log better growth numbers. These are some of India's '...
20 Apr, 2020, 09.44 PM IST
How tech-enabled agriculture ventures are offering farm related services via mobile phonesThe plan seems to be working as maize farmers who have tied up with Ergos have got 20-30% higher prices for their grains a few months ahead...
29 Aug, 2017, 01.32 PM IST
Govt proposes to increase coverage under Fasal Bima YojanaAs per the current scheme, the government had allotted Rs 5,500 crore under crop insurance for both Rabi and Kharif products.
01 Feb, 2017, 11.56 AM IST
Room for more players as penetration still low: InsurersNon-life insurance penetration is a mere 0.8 per cent, whereas in case of life insurance, it is around 3 per cent.
15 Aug, 2016, 03.05 PM IST
Government weighing proposals of four PSU insurers for Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima YojanaAgriculture Ministry has empanelled 11 private sector companies and state-owned Agriculture Insurance Company (AIC) to implement the new sc...
29 May, 2016, 10.33 AM IST
Private general insurers slow to adopt PM Suraksha Bima YojanaThe scheme provides an accident cover of Rs 2 lakh for all savings bank account holders in the 18-70 age group for a premium of as low as R...
24 May, 2015, 03.12 PM IST
Farmers under crop insurance cover in AssamThe total premium amount collected under the Weather-Based Crop Insurance Scheme for the season so far was about Rs 46.82 crore.
07 Jan, 2015, 02.59 PM IST
Cyclone Hudhud may leave crop insurance claims worth Rs 1,500 crore in its wakeThe two states were hit by a similar storm a year earlier. Cyclone Phailin in 2013 had also cost Rs 1,500 crore to insurers.
14 Oct, 2014, 02.19 PM IST
UPA's crop cover policy to come under NDA scannerThe Narendra Modi government is planning to review the National Crop Insurance Programme (NCIP) introduced by the UPA last year.
20 Jun, 2014, 12.33 PM IST
Insurance Companies may take Rs 100-crore hit from Maharashtra hailstorms: AICAIC) today said the general insurers may see claims ranging upto Rs 100 crore arising from the massive crop damages, following hailstorms i...
19 Mar, 2014, 05.27 PM IST
- United India seeks to sell agri insurance in western states
United India Insurance has requested the Agriculture Insurance Company (AIC) to allow it to sell crop and weather insurance products in the...
14 Apr, 2013, 01.12 PM IST
- HDFC Ergo covers farmers in Maharashtra under weather insurance
HDFC Ergo has provided weather based crop insurance for lonee and non-lonee farmers in Maharashtra after getting permission from the state ...
13 Jun, 2012, 07.26 PM IST
- Farmers take to tech 'CoOptions' to avoid lending trap
The village moneylender, infamous as the village villain who dupes humble farmers, might become a thing of the past if Subrahmanyam Yadaval...
19 Apr, 2011, 07.06 AM IST
- Govt plans booster dose for farm sector
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may have had to take a heavy duty reality check on the success of his government’s measures in the farm secto...
24 Jun, 2006, 02.42 AM IST