Assam Times: NEDFi kick starts new scheme for agri-business sector

NEDFi kick starts new scheme for agri-business sector
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Editor on 21 November, 2008
 
Assam’s agri-business sector is set to receive a face lift. Courtesy NEDFi.
The region’s finance body is coming up with a new scheme which could be a
giant leap towards making the state’s economy a healthy and wealthy.
According to information, with a view to exploring the state’s untapped
potential, NEDFi is inaugurating a new scheme Initiative for Development of
Entrepreneurs in Agriculture or IDEA. It aims at making available the
supplementary sources of input supply and service to help commercialization of
agriculture.
IDEA is expected to provide gainful employment opportunities in the
agri-business sector in the region. Besides there will financial assistance to
the young entrepreneurs. Moreover, term loan and working capital will also be
available on the basis of project size upto 25 lakhs.