Indian Agri Fintech 🏦 Comes of Age
To make sense of Jai Kisan (the startup, not the populist slogan that robs Indian farmers of agency)and their $30 Mn Raise, we need to first understand the evolution of agricultural credit in India.
“Freedom from poverty is not for free. The poor are willing and capable to pay the cost” - (RBI Working group on Microcredit Report, 1999b, p. 12)