Scheme Guidelines for Financing Facility for Agriculture Infrastructure Fund

Scheme Guidelines for central sector scheme of Financing facility under ‘Agriculture Infrastructure Fund’

 The role of infrastructure is crucial for agriculture development and for taking the production dynamics to the next level. It is only through the development of infrastructure, especially at the post harvest stage that the produce can be optimally utilized with opportunity for value addition and fair deal for the farmers.

 The Hon’ble Finance Minister announced on 15.05.2020 Rs 1 lakh crore Agri Infrastructure Fund for farm-gate infrastructure for farmers. Financing facility of Rs. 1,00,000 crore will be provided for funding Agriculture Infrastructure Projects at farm-gate & aggregation points (Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies, Farmers Producer Organizations, Agriculture entrepreneurs, Start-ups, etc.). Impetus for development of farmgate & aggregation point, affordable and financially viable Post Harvest Management infrastructure. 

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Wheat, paddy procurement at all-time high: Indian Government

Around 433.32 LMT wheat procured in the current marketing season RMS 2021-22 so far, against the last year corresponding purchase of 387.66L MT -11.77 % more in comparison to last year’s corresponding period. This is an all time high, said the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

About 49.14 Lakh farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing RMS procurement operations with MSP value of Rs 85,581.35 crore, the ministry said in a statement. In addition, 869.76LMTs of paddy was procured on MSP for ongoing KMS 2020-21 and RMS benefitting 128.37 Lakh farmers. This is 14.55 % more paddy procured in comparison to last year’s corresponding period. Government agencies have also procured total 10,49,575.80 MT of Pulses and Oilseeds on MSP.

About 128.37 Lakh farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing KMS procurement Operations with MSP value of Rs. 1,64,211.54 crore.

The government through its Nodal Agencies has procured 10,49,575.80 MT of Moong, Urad, Tur, Gram, Masoor, Groundnut Pods, Sunflower seed Mustard Seed and Soyabean having MSP value of Rs.5,662.82 Crores benefitting 6,38,366 farmers in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Haryana, Odisha and Rajasthan under Kharif 2020-21 and Rabi 2021 and Summer 2021.

Around 5089 MT of copra (the perennial crop) having MSP value of Rs.52.40 crore has been procured benefitting 3961 farmers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu during the crops season 2020-21. For the season 2021-22, sanction for procurement of 51000 MT of Copra from Tamil Nadu has been given, against which procurement will be started from the date as decided by the state government.

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Too early to assess impact of delayed monsoon on kharif crops: Narendra Singh Tomar

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday said it is too early to assess the impact of delayed monsoon on kharif crops as sowing is still underway.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), southwest monsoon rainfall as whole is less by 5 per cent of the normal rainfall during the period till July 21, Tomar said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. "It is too early to make an assessment of production of kharif crops since sowing is still continuing as sufficient window is still available," he said. The monsoon had set in over Kerala on June 3 against the normal arrival time of June 1, he added.

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Small tea growers can avail benefits under the PM-KISAN scheme

 

Small tea growers can avail benefits under the PM-KISAN scheme.

Assam Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday decided farmers having annual patta (Eksonia Patta), Touji Patta, farmers cultivating in devottar land, farmers eligible to get land patta under F ..

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India’s booming corn exports amid global rally ease supply worries

India has stepped up corn exports as a rally in global prices to their highest since 2013 has made shipments from India competitive, easing concerns about rising food inflation in Southeast Asia.

Indian exporters have signed deals to sell around 4,00,000 tonnes of corn for shipment in June to July to animal feed producers in Vietnam, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, according to two Singapore-based feed grain traders.

Cheaper corn supplies from India would keep the cost of animal feed lower for consumers of meat and chicken in Asia, who are among the most vulnerable to high food prices.

Benchmark Chicago corn futures have more than doubled since August on rising Chinese demand and declining production in key exporter Brazil. In early May, prices hit their highest since March 2013 at over $7 a bushel. 

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NIDHI EIR Programme - Agribusiness Opportunities 2021

 

GOI-NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR DEVELOPING AND HARNESSING INNOVATIONS (NIDHI)

DST-ENTREPRENEUR-IN-RESIDENCE (EIR)

National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI) is an umbrella programme conceived and developed by the Innovation & Entrepreneurship division, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, for nurturing ideas and innovations (knowledge-based and technology-driven) into successful startups.

NIDHI-Entrepreneur-In-Residence (NIDHI-EIR) 

The NIDHI-EIR programme provides tremendous opportunities for innovative entrepreneurs to expand their networks and get critical feedback on their ventures in order to promote their entrepreneurial career goals and aspirations.

Programme aims:

• To encourage graduating student to take to entrepreneurship by providing support as a fellowship.
• To provide a prestigious forum for deserving and budding entrepreneurs to pursue their ventures without any       additional risks involved in technology based businesses.
• To create, nurture and strengthen a pipeline of entrepreneurs for incubators
• To make pursuing entrepreneurship related to a technology business idea more attractive among options available career options.
• To enable creation of new start-ups by entrepreneurs and significant progress towards raising funding or investment.

 Opportunities under NIDHI-EIR Programme:

• Guidance from experienced, innovative and highly successful entrepreneurs on the business concept, strategy or venture and insight into specific industries or markets.
• Best practices for starting a business and broaden the professional network.
• Co-working spaces for developing the idea into a marketable product. Objectives of NIDHI-EIR Support Programme.

 Eligibility for an NIDHI-EIR support:

• The EIR applicant should be citizen of India. An Indian citizen is defined as one who is in possession of a government approved proof of nationality such as a valid passport, voter’s id etc.
• The EIR applicant should have completed
• Minimum 4 years of formal full time undergraduate/post graduate education towards one or more degree programme. Basic degree or diploma should be in science or engineering (OR)
• 3 years degree or diploma program and have 2 year full time work experience post degree or diploma. Basic degree or diploma should be in science or engineering.
• NIDHI-EIR recipients are expected to be committed to exploring a business idea.
• NIDHI-EIR seeking the support should demonstrate his ability to build a scalable technology business startup.
• NIDHI-EIR support recipient are expected to pursue their entrepreneurial aspirations full time. NIDHI-EIR cannot be concurrent with any other remuneration or fellowship.
• The NIDHI-EIR should be registered for the pre-incubation or incubation program at the TBI for the entire duration of NIDHI-EIR support.

NIDHI EIR Centers in India 

Name of the incubator	City	Contact Person	Contact Email	Contact no
Entrepreneurship Development Center	Pune	Amruta Gore	eir@ venturecenter.co.in	20- 25865877, 7410045653
Amrita Technology Business Incubator	Kollam	Ranjany Sundaram	ranjany@ amritatbi.com	9496107500
Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship	Mumbai	Ankita Palav	ankita@ sineiitb.org	022- 25767016
PSG-Science & Technology Entrepreneurial Park	Coimbatore	K Suresh Kumar	step@ psgtech.edu	9952427232
CIIE Initiatives	Ahmedabad	Tapish Bhatt	tapishb@ iima.ac.in	7490037356
Manipal University Technology Business incubator	Manipal	Shrihari Upadhyaya	ys.upadhyaya@ manipal.edu	8202925055
KIIT - Technology Business Incubator (KIIT-TBI)	Bhubhaneshwar	Sanjukta Badhai	tbi@ kiitincubator.in sanjukta@ kiitincubator.in	067- 42725466, 9178665577
Krishna Path Incubation Society-TBI	Ghaziabad	Satendra Kumar	tbikiet@ gmail.com kumartbi@ gmail.com	9999017712
IIIT-H Foundation	Hyderabad	Prakash Yalla	cieoutreach@ iiit.ac.in	7093094092 040 66531211
IIM Calcutta Innovation Park	Calcutta	Namami Ghosh	namami.ghosh@ iimcip.org	9945533886
IIMK LIVE	Kozhikode	Lijo Jose	lijo@ iimklive.org	9895233311
Agribusiness Incubation Society –TBI, TNAU	Coimbatore	Ganasambandham	tbi-abis@ tnau.ac.in	7598134908
Science and Technology Park University of Pune	Pune	Hardik Joshi	hardik.joshi@ scitechpark.org.in	9638354959
JSS ATE Science and Technology Entrepreneurs' Park	Noida	Ashish Jain	ce@ jssstepnoida.org	9958288989
CIIE Regional Innovation Foundation (CRIF)	Jaipur	Aditya Vyas	adityav@ startupoasis.in	9214094775
TECHNOPARK TBI (Kerala Startup mission)	Thiruvananthapuram	M Fasil	fasil@ startupmission.in	9605035569
Foundation for Technology and Business Incubation (FTBI)	Sundergarh	Chiranjibi Samal	samalc-ftbi@ nitrkl.ac.in	9778211909
RiiDL (Research Innovation Incubation Design Labs)	Mumbai	Gaurang Shetty	gaurang @somaiya.edu	7738082996
Derbi Foundation	Bengaluru	Lakshmi Jagannathan	lakshmi.quality @gmail.com	9449963390
Technology Incubation and Entrepreneurship Development Society (TIEDS)	Roorkee	Kanika	ceo_tides @iitr.ac.in	7007818021

Name of the incubator	City	Contact Person	Contact Email	Contact no
Entrepreneurship Development Center	Pune	Amruta Gore	eir@venturecenter.co.in	20-25865877, 7410045653
Amrita Technology Business Incubator	Kollam	Ranjany Sundaram	ranjany@amritatbi.com	9496107500
Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship	Mumbai	Atharva Patankar	atharva@sineiitb.org	022-25767016
PSG-Science & Technology Entrepreneurial Park	Coimbatore	K Suresh Kumar	step@psgtech.edu	9952427232
CIIE Initiatives	Ahmedabad	Tapish Bhatt	tapishb@iima.ac.in	7490037356
Manipal University Technology Business incubator	Manipal	Shrihari Upadhyaya	ys.upadhyaya@manipal.edu	08202925055
KIIT - Technology Business Incubator (KIIT-TBI)	Bhubhaneshwar	Sanjukta Badhai	tbi@kiitincubator.in sanjukta@kiitincubator.in	06742725466, 9178665577
Krishna Path Incubation Society-TBI	Ghaziabad	Satendra Kumar	tbikiet@gmail.com kumartbi@gmail.com	9999017712
IIIT-H Foundation	Hyderabad	Prakash Yalla	cieoutreach@iiit.ac.in	7093094092 040 66531211
IIM Calcutta Innovation Park	Calcutta	Namami Ghosh	namami.ghosh@iimcip.org	9945533886

Name of the incubator	City	Contact Person	Contact Email	Contact no
Entrepreneurship Development Center	Pune	Amruta Gore	eir@venturecenter.co.in	20-25865877, 7410045653
Amrita Technology Business Incubator	Kollam	Ranjany Sundaram	ranjany@amritatbi.com	9496107500
Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship	Mumbai	Atharva Patankar	atharva@sineiitb.org	022-25767016
PSG-Science & Technology Entrepreneurial Park	Coimbatore	K Suresh Kumar	step@psgtech.edu	9952427232
CIIE Initiatives	Ahmedabad	Tapish Bhatt	tapishb@iima.ac.in	7490037356
Ahmedabad University Support Foundation	Ahmedabad	Srisunder Subramaniam	Sri.Subramaniam@ahduni .edu.in	079 61911581
Manipal University Technology Business incubator	Manipal	Shrihari Upadhyaya	ys.upadhyaya@manipal.edu	08202925055
KIIT - Technology Business Incubator (KIIT-TBI)	Bhubhaneshwar	Sanjukta Badhai	tbi@kiitincubator.in sanjukta@kiitincubator.in	06742725466, 9178665577
SIDBI Innovation & Incubation Centre, IIT Kanpur	Kanpur	Sudha Selvaraj	sudha@iitk.ac.in	9336855402
Krishna Path Incubation Society-TBI	Ghaziabad	Satendra Kumar	tbikiet@gmail.com kumartbi@gmail.com	999901771

Official website http://www.nidhi-eir.in/index.php

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