21-October-2022: BioAgri-2022, PM Kisan, PepsiCo, Basillia Organic

21 October 2022

• Spice Money Makes It Easy for Farmers to Withdraw PM Kisan Money through AePS

  Spice Money, India’s leading rural fintech revolutionizing the way Bharat banks are assisting farmers and their families to withdraw their money with the help of their vast network of 10,00,000 Adhikaris. Farmers and their families can now more easily locate the banking outlets where they can withdraw their subsidy funds thanks to Spice Money's initiative to paint the banking outlets in Red Blue colour.

• "India is the global gateway for Bio AG Solutions," Dr. Venkatesh Devanur, Secretary, BIPA at BioAgri-2022

  The two-day, BioAgri-2022 concluded on Thursday in Delhi. The highlight of day two was a session on the theme “India: Global Gateway for BioAg solutions”. It was moderated by Dr. Venkatesh Devanur, Secretary of the BIPA-BioAgri Inputs Producers Association. The panelists of this session included A. Kulandaivel from Rallis India, who spoke on the huge domestic market potential in India and the level playing field.

• PM Kisan Benefit Stopped for More Than 15 Lakh Farmers

  According to reports, over 15 lakh farmers in Jharkhand will not get the benefit of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana as they failed to provide the required documents. The Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ministry has asked all the states including Jharkhand to provide the correct details of all the beneficiaries. The government is also in the process of identifying those who deceptively took the benefits under the scheme. The amount paid to such farmers will be recovered by the government.

• Prices of Onion, Pulses to Remain Stable till December: Government

  "Prices of onion and pulses will not rise till December because we have enough buffer stock available with us," said Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh. Not only onion,prices of pulses are also likely to remain stable till December, PTI reported quoting Singh. He further said that 45 percent of onion is produced during the Kharif (summer) season while the remaining 65% is produced in the rabi (winter) season.

• PepsiCo Announces 2nd Round of Projects Funded by Its Global Agriculture Accelerator

  Rob Meyers, Vice President of Global Sustainable Agriculture said, “We’re in a race to reach the world’s 1.5-degree target and, to do our part, PepsiCo has set a range of ambitious PepsiCo Positive goals, including expanding regenerative agriculture practices and building the resilience of those in our agricultural supply chain by preparing them for a changing climate.” He added that “Reaching PepsiCo’s – and our planet’s – goals will require fresh thinking and innovation from our agriculture teams and partners all over the world, which is why the PAO Fund was created to make it a bit easier for good ideas to get off the ground.”

• Basillia Organics, A Millet Startup by Mother-Son Duo Gets Applauded by PM Modi

  The PM Kisan Samman Sammelan 2022, a two-day exhibition event was held on the PUSA Mela grounds of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) on 17th and 18th October 2022, in New Delhi, during which, more than 1500 agricultural startups showcased their products and innovation associated with precision farming, allied agriculture, advanced farming solutions, technology for farmers, organic waste to valuable wealth conversions as well as Agri-logistics.