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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May 17,2024
It is a great pleasure to inform you that RKVY-RAFTAAR Agri-Business Incubator (R-ABI), IIT (BHU) Varanasi has launched the 7th COHORT of ANKURAN (Pre-seed Stage) and PRASFUTAN (Seed Stage) Programs under the RKVY-RAFTAAR scheme. ANKURAN(Pre-seed Stage) : Farmers/ Students/ Youth working on innovative ideas can apply. 30-45 hours of online Agripreneurship Orientation Program will be organized and thereafter, selected start-ups will […]
February 15,2024
The online CIC meeting of COHORT-6 startups was held on 6th February 2024. All the13 startups presented their last 3 months progress report along with the financial details of the company. Based on their progress and revenue, the committee recommended 9 startups for the final funding.
February 15,2024
The virtually 2nd RIC meeting of COHORT-6 startups was organized on 23rd January 2024. The startups presented their progress that they had done after 1st RIC. The committee members examined their progress and based on that they shortlisted 13 startups for CIC. The progress review meeting of 4 startups of previous COHORTs was also organized […]