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Agriculture Minister addresses gathering at Sankalp Se Siddhi program in Varanasi

Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh addressed a gathering at the Sankalp Se Siddhi program in Varanasi. The programme was organized by ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Kanpur, Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Faizabad and Krishi Vigyan Kendra Varanasi. <br/><br/>He said that Sankalp Se Siddhi campaign has become a mass movement and after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's clarion call, people have come forward to build a New India.<br/><br/>Mr Singh said the impact of Sankalp Se Siddhi campaign, which was launched on the 75th anniversary of Quit India Movement, can be seen across the country. On the occasion, the Minister asked the people to make a pledge to construct a New India and double farmers' income by the year 2022.<br/><br/>Addressing the 56th All India Wheat and Barley Research Workers' Meet at the Banaras Hindu University, the Minister said that all the centers of All India Wheat and Barley Reform Project are making efforts to deal with Biotic and Abiotic factors to make wheat rich in nutrition by 2050. <br/><br/>He said the integrated program is eco-friendly, economically beneficial and homogeneous and has led to increase in average yield per hectare from 0.91 tonnes in 1964-65 to 3.22 tonnes in 2016-17.

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