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-Inputs, Precision Farming, Agricultural supply chain, Post-Harvest & Food Technology, Agricultural Machinery, IoT/ICT and AI in Agriculture, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Agri Clinics & Farm Health services, Farm Mechanisation, Agri Ext Education, Waste to Wealth, Secondary Agriculture, Organic Farming, Natural Resource Management, Agricultural Biotechnology. A start-up should be as per the definition of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP). For more details on start-up, https://dipp.gov.in/whats-new/notification-startup
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