RKVY-RAFTAAR SCHEME
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India sanctioned to establish a RKVY – RAFTAAR Agri Business Incubator (R-ABI) at Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi.
Technology/ Service/ Business platform-based ideas will be provided a stipend for two months for training cum internship
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
Incubation Facility after selection by R-ABI Incubation Committee
Application Focus Areas and T&C
Agri-Biotech; Agriculture/ Horticulture/Natural Resource Management; Sustainable Agriculture/Organic farming; Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Fishery; Agri-Input tools and technologies, Micro Irrigation, Farm Mechanisation and Agri Engineering, Precision Farming; Harvesting and Post-Harvest Processing; Food Processing; Supply Chain Management, Farm Retailing; Agri Extension Education; Internet of Things (IoT), ICT and Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture; Waste to Wealth, Secondary Agriculture; Agri Clinics & Farm Health services, etc.
Annual turnover of the start-up is not more Rs. 25 crores
To be eligible startup under this scheme, it must not have an annual turnover of more than Rs. 25 crores in any of the past 5 years since its incorporation.
The business must be involved in a new product or service
Only start-ups developing a new product or service or process are eligible under this scheme.
The start-up must not be a product of restructuring.
The start-up should not be formed out of splitting or reconstructing of a subsisting business. A business formed out of splitting an organisation into two or more other businesses, then it won’t be eligible under this scheme.
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June 9,2019
A workshop on “Solid waste management system and RKVY-RAFTAAR Scheme” was organized at MCIIE, IIT (BHU) Varanasi. Prof. P.K. Mishra (Principal Investigator, RKVY-RAFTAAR) explained the importance of RKVY-RAFTAAR scheme and also explained to the farmers community how they can resolved their basic problems and increase their income through this scheme. Garbage Clinic Fame, Sh. Praveen […]
June 7,2019
A workshop for the farmer community has been conducted by Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) at Jamuhar village of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh on 2-06-2019 to spread awareness about “Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana – Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied Sector Rejuvenation” (RKVY-RAFTAAR) RKVY-RAFTAAR scheme supported by Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW), […]
June 7,2019
An interaction session about RKVY-RAFTAAR Scheme was organized at MCIIE, IIT (BHU) Varanasi on 5/06/2019 where Prof. P. K. Mishra (Principal Investigator) explained RKVY-RAFTAAR scheme to the team of Ek Soch Sandbox, Deshpande Foundation to spread out this scheme among farmers community.