{"id":345663,"date":"2025-09-03T16:37:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T11:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=345663"},"modified":"2025-09-03T16:37:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T11:07:03","slug":"bharati-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bharati-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"BHARATI Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>The APEDA launched its new initiative <strong>BHARATI<\/strong> on the sidelines of the \u201cFood &amp; Beverages Sector Stakeholders Meeting\u201d chaired by Union Minister of Commerce and Industry.<\/p>\n<h2>About BHARATI Initiative<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_345664\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-345664\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-345664\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-APEDA.jpg?resize=375%2C266&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-APEDA.jpg?resize=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-APEDA.jpg?resize=1024%2C726&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-APEDA.jpg?resize=768%2C544&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-APEDA.jpg?w=1219&amp;ssl=1 1219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-345664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; APEDA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>BHARATI stands for &#8211; <strong>Bharat<\/strong><em>\u2019<\/em><strong>s Hub for Agritech, Resilience, Advancement and Incubation for Export Enablement<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Launched by:<\/strong> Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (<strong>APEDA<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong> This initiative aims to <strong>empower 100 agri-food and agri-tech startups<\/strong>, accelerate innovation, and create export opportunities, aligned to APEDA\u2019s vision of <strong>$50 billion<\/strong> agri-food exports by <strong>2030<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>It also aims to build <strong>globally competitive<\/strong> agri-products, deepen <strong>demand-led backward integration.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Launch and scale:<\/strong> Its <strong>pilot cohort<\/strong> begins from <strong>September 2025<\/strong> with <strong>100 startups<\/strong> (high-value agri-food producers, technology-driven service providers, innovators).<\/li>\n<li>It is aligned with <strong>Atmanirbhar Bharat<\/strong>, <strong>Vocal for Local<\/strong>, <strong>Digital India<\/strong>, and <strong>Start-Up India <\/strong>initiatives.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Programme design:<\/strong> It complements government- and industry-led incubators and runs a <strong>three-month acceleration<\/strong> on product development, export readiness, regulatory compliance, and market access.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Focus categories:<\/strong> Focus areas include <strong>GI-tagged<\/strong> products, <strong>organic<\/strong> foods, <strong>superfoods<\/strong>, <strong>novel processed Indian agri-foods<\/strong>, <strong>livestock<\/strong>, and <strong>AYUSH<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tech focus:<\/strong> It invites advanced technologies such as <strong>AI-based quality control<\/strong>, <strong>blockchain-enabled traceability<\/strong>, <strong>IoT-enabled cold chains<\/strong>, and <strong>agri-fintech<\/strong>, while addressing <strong>packaging<\/strong>, <strong>sustainability<\/strong>, and <strong>sea protocols<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Challenges targeted:<\/strong> It tackles export bottlenecks of <strong>quality assurance<\/strong>, <strong>perishability<\/strong>, <strong>wastage<\/strong>, and <strong>logistics<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ecosystem building:<\/strong> It connects agri-food innovators, tech-driven solution providers, and <strong>SPS-TBT<\/strong>-focused startups to deliver scalable, cost-effective solutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The APEDA launched its new initiative BHARATI on the sidelines of the \u201cFood &amp; Beverages Sector Stakeholders Meeting\u201d chaired by Union Minister of Commerce and Industry. About BHARATI Initiative BHARATI stands for &#8211; Bharat\u2019s Hub for Agritech, Resilience, Advancement and Incubation for Export Enablement. Launched by: Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bharati-initiative\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BHARATI Initiative<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,956,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-345663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-schemes-and-programs","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}