New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Saturday that India’s success of the Viksit Bharat @2047 rests on the robust integration of agriculture, knowledge, research and innovation. Addressing the inaugural session of the two-day national conference “Sustainable Agriculture for Viksit Bharat@2047: Tradition, Technology and Tangible Outcomes”, Birla said, “India’s agriculture is not merely the backbone of the economy but also the cornerstone of our cultural consciousne…
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New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The government launched the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) in 2014-15 and since then, Rs 2,119.84 crore has been released under Rainfed Area Development (RAD), covering 8.50 lakh hectares and benefiting 14.35 lakh farmers through Integrated Farming System, an official fact-sheet said on Saturday.Implemented since 2015-16, about 109 lakh hectares have been covered under the Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) scheme with Rs 26,325 crore released as central assis…