Bainchi village is the hub of lotus farming in West Bengal due to the presence of several water bodies. Farmers take ponds on lease to grow lotus whose demand is very high in the festival season of Durga Puja and Diwali. But sudden heavy rainfall has washed away the flowers leaving the farmers in high debt.

Hit by the rise of online book selling, a bookseller in Odisha turned into a farmer and started cultivating aromatic plants. His startup, Utkal Aromatics, has an annual turnover of Rs 15 lakh.

Hit by the rise of online book selling, a bookseller in Odisha turned into a farmer and started cultivating aromatic plants. His startup, Utkal Aromatics, has an annual turnover of Rs 15 lakh.

Manoj Oraon cultivates cauliflower at a time when the wholesale prices of the vegetable are at an all time high in the markets of Ranchi in Jharkhand. It ensures him handsome profits.

Manoj Oraon cultivates cauliflower at a time when the wholesale prices of the vegetable are at an all time high in the markets of Ranchi in Jharkhand. It ensures him handsome profits.

The charging stations will be equipped with a 'battery swapping' system to ensure hassle free mobility of electric vehicles on the state highways. The government has invited applications from firms interested in developing charging stations based on a private public partnership model.

A farmer in Kanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, has successfully grown water chestnuts on land that was stripped of its top 5-6 feet of soil. Madan Kahar is now the talk of not just his village, but several other neighbouring villages.

Raj Singh quit a high-end corporate job to set up a dairy in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, from which emerged his enterprise, Growing Tree Organic Limited, that makes and sells vermicompost.

A number of farmers in Uttar Pradesh, which has the highest stray cattle population in the country, have adopted solar powered electric fences to protect their crops and they now sleep peacefully at night.