Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Monday asked eastern States to speed up implementation of various farm schemes in the region for a second Green Revolution. “There is need to rehabilitate the water-logged areas in the region which accounts for 41 lakh hectare through integrated farming system approach,” Singh said.
He was addressing a steering committee meeting of Second Green Revolution (SGR) at ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region in Patna. The Minister said the eastern region has the potential to achieve significant production in milk, meat, pulses and oilseeds.
He asked the eastern states “to speed up the agriculture development programme in the region so that the Prime Minister's dream of ‘minimum Government, maximum Governance’ could be achieved,” an official statement said. The ICAR Research Complex has been given the responsibility of reviewing and implementing agricultural activities to bring a second Green Revolution in the eastern region.