Thursday, 28 August 2025
Fast-tracking agri renaissance: PM Modi unveils ‘Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana’ across 100 lagging districts In a decisive push to transform India’s agricultural heartlands, the Union Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Narendra…
Image Source: IRRI In the cyclone-prone, low-lying plains of Odisha’s Jajpur district, where formal credit rarely reaches and climate shocks often wipe out entire harvests, an innovative financial experiment is…
In the quiet but fast-accelerating race to monitor agricultural emissions, Belgian deeptech startup VOCSens has secured a €0.5 million investment from the Agri Investment Fund (AIF), a move that could…
Image Source: CMFRI In a pioneering move that fuses circular economy principles with inclusive coastal development, the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has launched a three-day hands-on training programme…
Image Source: CIFRI The ICAR–Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (CIFRI), Barrackpore, celebrated National Fish Farmers Day 2025 with great enthusiasm at its headquarters on July 10. The day commemorates the…
Image Source: MPSC Academy In a key step toward rural financial transformation, NABARD Chairman Shaji KV has announced that the Information Technology integration of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs), following the…
In a first-of-its-kind development in Indian agriculture, 671 maize farmers from Telangana’s Mulugu district have been compensated by four private seed companies—including a major multinational—for crop losses caused by defective…
Image Source: HDFC Sky In a move that underscores the rising investor appetite for India’s specialty chemicals sector, Safex Chemicals (India) Limited has filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP)…
Image Source: Orissa Diary India’s agricultural credit architecture has long been biased toward the short-term and the superficial—structured around seasonal cycles, risk-averse banks, and often underpinned by political compulsions. But…
Image Source: Outlook Business India requires an estimated $75 billion in investment to help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change, according to Alvaro Lario, President of the International Fund for…
Image Source: @AmitShah/X Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah marked the fourth anniversary of the Ministry of Cooperation with a sweeping set of dairy and cooperative initiatives worth over…
The ICAR–Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (CIFRI), Barrackpore in collaboration with National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), marked July 4 with a vibrant celebration of Ilish Utsav 2025, honouring the…
In a strategic push to position Assam as a global investment and trade destination, the Indian Consulate in New York recently hosted a high-profile series of events spotlighting the state’s…
Image Source: Eeki Eeki, one of India’s leading agritech disruptors, has raised $7M from Sixth Sense Ventures. The funds will be used for nationwide scale-up with aeroponic innovation to rapidly…
