RKVY-RAFTAAR Startup Agribusiness Incubation Programme (SAIP) at ABIS-TBI, TNAU Coimbatore
Pays incubated agribusiness startups a grant-in-aid of up to twenty-five lakh rupees to scale a working prototype into a market-ready venture.
RKVY-RAFTAAR is a Government of India scheme that channels grant-in-aid through recognised agribusiness incubators, and ABIS-Technology Business Incubator at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, is one of these R-ABI centres. Candidates first join a two-month training-cum-internship, run either as a Student Orientation Programme or an Agripreneurship Orientation Programme, working along…
The scheme backs agripreneurs and startups building innovative products, processes or services for the agriculture and allied sectors. It funds ventures already incubated at ABIS-Technology Business Incubator, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, that have progressed to a minimum viable product.
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