Punjab's 1st NAFED Bazaar set up in Kapurthala, will provide farmers an opportunity to become 'agri-brand' owners
Kapurthala : Deputy Commissioner Deepti Uppal, IAS, inaugurated Punjab 's first NAFED Bazaar store in the city. The outlet has been set up by India 's largest and most premier central government owned agricultural conglomerate - National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) in association with Seedstart Retail. NAFED Bazaar's operations will be taken care of by a young and dynamic woman entrepreneur - London based NRI Gurbani Mehta, who’s startup Seedstart Retail is NAFED's channel partner for Punjab . The inaugural event was virtually attended by Sanjeev Kumar Chaddha, IFS, MD (NAFED) and K. Siva Prasad, IAS, Principal Secretary of Transport and Local Self Government, Punjab . “It is heartening indeed that NAFED and Seedstart Retail have come together to initiate NAFED Bazaars to help farmers enhance their incomes, as the chain of middlemen will be drastically reduced under this model. Through this outlet, job opportunities for locals wil...