RKVY-RAFTAAR SCHEME
The Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna - Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied Sector Rejuvenation (RKVY-RAFTAAR) Agripreneurship is a scheme of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (MoA&FW), Govt. of India aimed at strengthening infrastructure in agriculture and allied sector in order to promote agripreneurship and agribusiness by providing financial support and nurturing the incubation ecosystem.
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India sanctioned to establish RKVY – RAFTAAR Agri Business Incubator (R-ABI) at Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi in January 2019.
TRAINING
Technology/ Service/ Business platform-based ideas will be provided a stipend for two months for training cum internship
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Selected RKVY-RAFTAAR interns after successful completion of training cum internship will be provided idea/pre-seed stage seed money as 90 percent grant up to a maximum of Rs. 5 lakhs through R-ABIs to convert their idea/proof of concept into prototype/ product
Eligibility Criteria
A start-up should be Indian start-up as per the definition of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP). For details, please visit https://dipp.gov.in/whats-new/notification-startup
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September 24,2020
June 14,2020
Prof. P K Mishra participated in Vriksharopan at Ramnagar, Varanasi on 14th June 2020. He also elaborated on RKVY-RAFTAAR scheme for agripreneurship to the representatives of NGOs and Farmer Producer Companies (FPC).
June 7,2020
Prof. P K Mishra – Principal Investigator of RKVY-RAFTAAR Agri Business Incubator, interacted with farmers on 7th June 2020 at Sanjeevani Sewa Sansthan, Suarsor, Nagawa Block, Sonebhadra. He elaborated on need of innovation in Indian Agriculture Landscape and governments efforts through RKVY-RAFTAAR scheme for agripreneurship.