Twelfth Five Year Plan aims to produce 25 mn tonnes of food grains
The Dollar Business Bureau The reforms and initiatives taken by the Government of India towards improvement of Agriculture & allied sectors will help in achieving a 25 million tonne-target of food grain production by the end of 12th Five Year Plan period. This was stated by M K Kundariya, Minister of State for Agriculture, on Wednesday, during his address at the ‘National Conference on Agriculture for Kharif Campaign-2015’, organised in New Delhi. While lauding the steps being taken by the Government of India through National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture, the Minister stressed on need for making the farming sector a remunerative profession. In this regard, he called for reduced cost of production along with an increase in crop productivity, ...
Govt schemes key for increasing agri productivity: Minister
The Dollar Business Bureau Despite a rain deficit of 12% in monsoon, the agricultural sector witnessed only an insignificant decrease in the overall production. And, there was only a 2% decrease in the sowing area, during the last year. Referring to the Centre’s efforts in ensuring in achieving the above numbers, the Union Agricultural Minister Radha Mohan Singh called upon the need for better understanding of governmental schemes like Soil Health Management System, ‘Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana’, Unified National Agriculture Market and ‘Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana’, for an increased agricultural productivity yield. The Minister was speaking at a National Conference on Agriculture for Kharif Campaign 2015, organised in National Agriculture Science Centre, Pusa, New Delhi, on Tuesday. Further ...
