News — 2nd Green Revolution

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called for second Green Revolution, saying it should start immediately from eastern India. He said Indian agriculture has been lagging in several areas, including inputs, irrigation, value-addition and market linkages, and his government is committed to modernising the sector and making it more productive. “We have seen the first Green Revoltuion but it happened several years ago. Now it is the demand of time that there should be second Green Revolution without any delay. And where is it possible? It is possible in eastern UP, Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Assam, Odhisa,” Modi said, while laying...