Odisha map & taps the farm machinery innovations for increasing incomes

How many pulse producing regions have small dal mills to enable in situ value addition? Just by splitting, sorting and cleaning and using the pulse grain skin for poultry or animal feed, one can in many cases double the farmers’ income. And yet, as I have reminded policymakers many times, we still don’t have a … Continue reading →

FIIST ensures frugal future through HBN CRIIA awards

A foot lever to lift toilet seats so that one does not have to do it with hands was an idea which industry has not recognised as yet. But it did not escape Advay Vaidya from Himachal. We have all seen dustbins which such a mechanism for decades. But logical extension of this concept to … Continue reading →