Dr Bishwajit Dhar


Agri Start-Ups
Agritech Startup Leads Connect raises $62.5 Mn from BL Agro

Agritech Startup Leads Connect raises $62.5 Mn from BL Agro

Full-stack agritech startup Leads Connect has announced that it has raised INR 500...

National
UNDP-NABARD tie up to boost data-driven innovations in agriculture

UNDP-NABARD tie up to boost data-driven innovations in agriculture

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the National Bank for Agriculture...

National
Food inflation hovers at 9.94pc in August

Food inflation hovers at 9.94pc in August

Food inflation hovered at 9.94 per cent in August, although slightly down from 11.51...

National
Practise new farming methods to cut chemical fertiliser use: Mandaviya

Practise new farming methods to cut chemical fertiliser use: Mandaviya

Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya has urged farmers...

National
India's law on protection of farmers' rights can be model for entire world: Prez

India's law on protection of farmers' rights can be model for entire world: Prez

President Droupadi Murmu has said that it is the government's responsibility to...

Agri Start-Ups
Absolute awarded Grant from Xamahar - Assam AgriFin Fund supported by the World Bank

Absolute awarded Grant from Xamahar - Assam AgriFin Fund supported by the World Bank

Absolute’s tech driven Agri value chain business Upaj, has been awarded a grant...

International
Agriculture holds solutions to global water crisis, food security: FAO

Agriculture holds solutions to global water crisis, food security: FAO

Agriculture can help conserve the world’s stressed water resources and make sure...

National
Monsoon deficit: Pulses sowing down 8.58pc in kharif season so far

Monsoon deficit: Pulses sowing down 8.58pc in kharif season so far

Area sown to pulses remained lower by 8.58 per cent at 119.91 lakh hectares till...

Rural Dialogue
Kotak Mahindra Bank doing door-step financing of tractors through mobile app: Shripad Jadhav

Kotak Mahindra Bank doing door-step financing of tractors through mobile app: Shripad Jadhav

Shripad Jadhav, President, Tractor Finance and Gold Loan Division, Kotak Mahindra...

National
Centre sells 1.66 LMT wheat, 0.17 LMT rice through Open Market Sale Scheme

Centre sells 1.66 LMT wheat, 0.17 LMT rice through Open Market Sale Scheme

A quantity of 2.0 LMT wheat from 500 depots and 4.89 LMT rice from 337 depots were...

National
NABARD emphasises on agri-fintech innovations for taking rural and agri-economy forward

NABARD emphasises on agri-fintech innovations for taking rural and agri-economy forward

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) took center stage...

National
Despite more acreage, crisis looms over soyabean crops

Despite more acreage, crisis looms over soyabean crops

Due to lack of rain, the temperature remained above normal, due to which about 50...

International
After India ban, global rice prices hit 15-year high; sugar too gets costlier: FAO

After India ban, global rice prices hit 15-year high; sugar too gets costlier: FAO

Global rice prices reached a 15-year high in August after top exporter India banned...

National
El Nino unlikely to cause sugar shortage in India: NFCSF

El Nino unlikely to cause sugar shortage in India: NFCSF

Sugar cooperative NFCSF has junked rumours of likely sugar shortage in the country...