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    PM Narendra Modi launches Sampada scheme for value addition of agriculture produce

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    PM Narendra Modi said Delhi based Indian agricultural research institute will have two new Centre, one of which is coming up in Assam.

    ET Bureau
    GUWAHATI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced the launch of the new scheme in agriculture Sampada, which will bring value addition of agriculture produce.

    Laying the foundation stone of Indian agricultural research institute in Gogamukh in Assam, Modi said, “On three-year completion of the NDA government I am announcing the launch of new scheme Sampada (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters). Value addition of agriculture will bring more income to farmers."

    Asking farmers to adopt new technology, Modi said, “We have seen a big dream, a dream of doubling farmers income by 2022.We are working towards it and several schemes are taken for this. In three years’ time, we have done wonders.”

    Modi said Delhi-based Indian agricultural research institute will have two new Centre, one of which is coming up in Assam. “We want to take researches done in lab to land and setting up of this institute will assist the local farming practice.”

    Taking a dig a UPA government, Modi said NDA government launched soil health card. “Soil cards were there earlier, even scientists also existed but earlier there were only 15 social health card centres for a country which has such huge number of the farmer. We set up around 9000 centres and will further scale it up.’

    Modi said, “ We are committed to take irrigation facility to areas where there is no water. Northeast India can emerge as organic hub of the county and farmers here can command the premium price of their produce. Sikkim is an example of organic production. We are working on the compost .”

    The prime minister added that it is time forever green revolution. “ Timber is imported in the country and we can produce the same in our crop land. We can increase our milk production”

    Modi said that he has chalked out five pathways for Northeast India which include highways, railways, waterways, airways and i-ways (information ways). Northeast East will be known as New energy, new India, new economy, new engine of India’s growth.


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