India Must Focus on Small Farmers for Viksit Bharat: PK Mishra
PK Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, emphasised the need for a focus on small farmers and strategies to boost their income to achieve...
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AgroStar Completely Acquires INI Farms
B2B agri-inputs startup AgroStar has announced the complete acquisition of INI Farms via a combination of cash and stock deal. Through this acquisition, AgroStar will...
Government Cuts Import Duty on Lentils
The government has decreased import duty on lentils to nil for countries such as Australia and Canada and have cut it to 22 per cent...
Semaai Raises $1.25 Million From Sequoia Surge, Beenext
Semaai has raised $1.25 million in its pre-seed round led by Sequoia Surge and Beenext. Angel investors Nipun Mehra, Harshet Lunani and Prashant Pawar participated...
PM Modi Repeals Three Farm Laws
Prime Minister Narendra Modi declares that the administration will repeal the three farm laws introduced last year that saw massive protests from farmers, especially in...
State Governments to Build Farmer Database
In a video conference with the state chief ministers, Agriculture Minister urged state governments to build a database for the state using the federated farmer...
Faarms Raises $2 Million Backed by Global Investors
Agri startup Faarms has raised $2 million in a funding round backed by angel investors. The funding round was led by Koh Boon Hwee and...
Not Waiving Farmer Loan, Says Government
The centre on Monday said that there is no offer mentioned to waive loans of farmers, including Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe farmers. In a...
Aqgromalin Raises Rs 5.5 Crore From Zephyr Peacock
Aqgromalin raised Rs 5.5 crore in funding led by Zephyr Peacock India Growth Fund. As part of the deal, Zephyr Peacock, provider of growth capital...
Chhattisgarh to Give Rs 10K Subsidy for Crops
Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday decided to give a subsidy of Rs 10,000 per acre to the farmers who will make use of paddy growing area...