The Punjab Weekly

  Ludhiana : Punjab's second and Ludhiana 's first NAFED Bazaar store opened  its doors in E Block, SBS Nagar. NAFED Bazaar was inaugurated by senior IPS officer Narinder Bhargav. 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 Punjab'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 inauguration ceremony took place in the presence of Gurbani Mehta. Sanjeev Kumar Chaddha (IFS), MD, NAFED also joined in the inaugural ceremony online.  Gurbani Mehta while talking to media persons said, “I am jubilant to open doors of our second store in Punjab . Our idea is to become a  bridge between farmers, manu...

Kapurthala :  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 .   Gurbani Mehta, MD of Seedstart Retail (Left) showcasing the products to Deepti Uppal, DC, Kapurthala during the inauguration of NAFED Bazaar in Kapurthala 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 Ba...

Ludhiana, Punjab : Thirty-one-year old woman entrepreneur and Punjabi NRI, Gurbani Kour is all set to start operations of her unique start up 'Seedstart' in Punjab . Gurbani is a dynamic entrepreneur who was born in Jammu , and raised in Punjab and United Kingdom . Presently she is based in London . Gurbani's venture 'Seedstart' is coming up with an innovative concept of enabling farmers to get a fair share of their produce, through 'Seedstart's' retail chain.   "For me, India and particularly Punjab have always been close to my heart. My roots are here in the soil, and even after all these years, my urge to do something in my homeland is as fresh as it was when I was a kid. The initiative is my way of giving something positive back to my parent-state. The  project is under development and the first store is slated to open in November this year. For the first phase, we are opening over 200 retail outlets in Punjab." said Gurbani. Gurb...