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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November 18,2019
RKVY-RAFTAAR Incubation committee (RIC) meeting was held on Nov 13th and 14th, 2019 at IIT(BHU), Varanasi to select innovative Agricultural Start-ups under RKVY-RAFTAAR scheme by Govt. of India. A total of 175 applications were received from various parts of India such as Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana, Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Gujrat, and Uttar Pradesh through different […]
August 24,2019
Mahamana Agri-business Incubator, IIT (BHU), Varanasi conducted first Agripreneurship Orientation Program for the selected start-ups under RKVY -RAFTAAR scheme. Selected start-ups will be provided 6 weeks training program starting from 24th August 2019. Chief Guest Shri P. S. Ojha, State Coordinator of U.P. State Bio-energy Development Board and Prof. P.K.Mishra, Principal Investigator, RKVY-RAFTAAR scheme garlanded […]
July 12,2019
A senior expert from PUM Netherlands, Peter Van Dijk visited Mahamana Agri-Business Incubator, IIT(BHU) to conduct a workshop on ‘How to set up a sustainable and successful A-grade agribusiness Incubator’. PUM is a not for profit organization who has a good reputation in setting-up incubation centers worldwide. They offer physical visits, workshops and online advice […]