Inclusive Development

Speaking at “NexGen Tech Conference and the need for Fintechs to go Rural” which offer massive untapped potential and immense opportunities for businesses in India. We have made a beginning……

Truth always comes to light no matter the difficulties. The underlying truth that pervades the business ecosystem of India today is that it is located at all the urbanised sector of the country that constitutes only 30 percent of the whole. Manoj Rawat, an industry veteran and domain expert with more than 22 years of…
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Is Priority Sector Lending an untapped Opportunity or Lost Mission ?

Does India need a full-fledged and exclusive hashtag Agriculture Budget every year? With 60% people dependent on hashtag #Agriculture, the Government needs to bring all its expenditure, investment plan and enabling policies under one umbrella where Central & State policies are aligned and Banks & Financial institutions are partners to ensure focused intervention and better…
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Priority Sector Lending – Speaking with Finbizness Speaking with Finbizness on Priority Sector Lending (PSL), Doubling of Farmers Income and Opportunity for Banks & Financial Institutions in Priority Sector. Doubling of Farmer Income is an achievable target, with right steps. hashtag #financialnstitutions #farmers #banking #PrioritySectorLending #RuralOpportunity #DoublingFarmersIncome hash   Manoj Rawat, ValueFin India |mkrawat@gmail.com

  Enabling Agri-Value Chains, Creating Transparent & Efficient Agriculture markets, Ensuring Farmer’s income security & striving for a hunger free India       1.Indian Agriculture has undergone a structural shift but has created lot of disguised unemployment We still need to realize & recognize that over 58 % of the rural households depend on…
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Does India need a dedicated “Solar Bank” to harness true potential of Clean Energy? Given the fact the that Clean energy technology is constantly evolving, the banks and financial institutions have limited understanding of Clean Energy Based asset finance and to harnesses the massive potential of solar energy available in India, the Government may think…
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Manoj Rawat in Discussion with GCPF team https://green-lending-forum.gcpf.lu/2018/04/11/climate-finance-in-agriculture/ Climate funds could team up to create a credit guarantee fund, for instance. This could enable innovative players to create new models which other institutions can then follow, thereby increasing the outreach. Climate funds should address the biggest human-made contributor to climate change besides manufacturing: agriculture. That…
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Need for Unified Agriculture Market integrated with Agri Value Chains in India     Will Unified Agriculture Market (NAM) be a paradigm shift to develop free and competitive agriculture market in India, help in better price discovery and ensure “rightful price” to farmers for their produce?   Agriculture continues to play a vital role in…
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Farmer’s Day | Annadata Diwas The First Mile Link in Food Chain     We should at least mark 2 days in year to celebrate as Farmer’s Days”Annadata Diwas”. This should be once on the onset of Kharif season and the onset of Rabi Season. The focus of these two days should be to celebrate…
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