June 2008
Issue No. 7
A Joint Project of NSTEDB, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)


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TECHNOLOGY FOCUS
 

This month find 16 new technologies from Environment & Pharmaceuticals sector. Lists of all those technologies are as below:

Environment
Pharmaceuticals

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http://www.techno-preneur.net/

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FUNDING OPTIONS
 

AGRICULTURE AND RURAL CREDIT SCHEMES FROM CANARA BANK

Kisan Credit Card

Canara Bank is the pioneer in implementing Credit Card Scheme for farmers.

Purpose : For meeting the cultivation needs of farmers and other short term requirements including those of subsidiary / allied activities and consumption needs.

Eligibility : Individual farmers / joint borrowers / partnership firms/ private & public Ltd. companies who are owner cultivators / engaged in allied / subsidiary activities. Farmers who are cultivating authorized leased lands are also eligible. The farmer should not be a defaulter of any Financial Institution.

Loans for Agri clinics / Agri business Centres

For Strengthening Transfer of Technology and Extension Services in field of Agriculture

Purpose: For providing expert services and advice to farmers on cropping practices, technology dissemination, crop protection from pests and diseases, market trends and prices of various crops in the market, clinical services for animal health.

Eligibility : Graduates in Agriculture / Horticulture / Animal Husbandry / Forestry / Dairy / Veterinary / Poultry Farming / Pisciculture-Individuals / Joint / Firms / limited companies.

Limit For individuals
: Rs.10 lacsFor groups / partnership firms : Rs.50 lacs

Minor Irrigation / Pumpset Loans
 

Purpose: For purchase of electrical motors, oil engines, submersible irrigation pumpsets, for energisation of agricultural pumpsets, pipelines including installation charges, installing generator sets, solar pumpsets, installation of drip ./ sprinkler irrigation systems, fertilizer mixers.

Eligibility: Owner cultivators with minimum 2 acres of land. Loans can be considered for less than 2 acres area provided, viability of the project is ensured.

 

Farm Machinery Loans

For Strengthening Transfer of Technology and Extension Services in field of Agriculture

 

Purpose: For purchase of tractors, power tillers, trailers, combine harvester, grain threshers, sprayers, dusters, ploughs, drills, mechanical weeders or any other modern agricultural machinery.

Eligibility: Farmers who satisfy the Bank's norms.

  Farm Development Loans
 

Purpose: For digging / deepening of wells, construction of tanks, ponds, drilling of bore wells, soil and water conservation watershed development bundling land reclamation, leveling of land, terracing, conversion of dry land into wet, irrigable lands, fencing, construction of farm houses and other allied activities.

Eligibility: Farmer should be owner of the land

  Vehicle Loan for Agriculturists
 

Purpose: For purchase of brand new vehicles such as bicycles, mopeds, two wheeler / three wheeler carriages, jeeps, cards, vans and other light motor vehicles for supervising agricultural operation / management of farm / estate and for transportation of agricultural produce / inputs, vehicles may also be considered.Purchase of heavy vehicles such as lorries for big farmers owning at least 15 acres of perennially irrigated land.

Eligibility: Agricultural cultivating in his own land or engaged in allied activities such as dairy, poultry, sericulture, fish farming, etc.

  Loan for Plantation Crops
 

Purpose: For establishment of estates, clearing of jungle, conversion of barren land into cultivable land, purchase of planting material, rejuvenation / replanting.

Eligibility: Owners of the land who have experience / knowledge in the proposed activity.


To know more about this schemes, logon to www.canarabank.com

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WHATS NEW ?
 


Technology Trends

Industrial Application
Health Care and Medicine
Life Sciences
Wildlife
Semiconductors
Nanotechnology

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UPCOMING EVENTS
 

Four-Day Residential Workshop on Rainwater Harvesting - Design, Implementation & Monitoring

July 15-18, 2008 - Holiday Inn Resort, Goa

For further information, please contact

Ms Karishma Bist / Mr S P Garnaik
FICCI - Resource Conservation & Management
Federation House
Tansen Marg, New Delhi - 110001
Tel: 011- 23359736, 23357394 (D)
Fax: 23721504
E-mail: karishma.bist@ficci.com / soumya.garnayak@ficci.com

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NITTC Technology Transfer Conference

6-7 November 2008 at Nanjing People's Republic of China

Ms.Gao Tian
Head of Deparment of International Technology Transfer
NITTC
Room 710, Nanjing Science & Technology Center
118#, Chengxian Street, Nanjing 210018, Jiangsu China
Tel:0086-25-83369607
Fax:0086-25-83369607
E-mail:tracygaotian@yahoo.com.cn
Website: http://www.nittc.org

   
 


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