The union Ministry of Agriculture has included ten districts of Assam under pulses component of the National Food Security Mission (NFSM) for the year 2010-11. This was conveyed by the Union Minister of Agriculture, Sharad Pawar through a letter to Assam Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi recently. Mr Pawar in the letter said that his ministry has acceded to the Assam Government’s request to include ten districts of Assam, Barpeta, Nagaon, Sonitpur, Dhubri, Baksa, Kamrup (Rural), Jorhat, Udalguri, Bongaigaon and Kokrajhar under NFSM-Pulses. The Union Minister said he would appreciate if the State Government submits the Action Plan as per the operational guidelines of NFSM-Pulses to the Central Government indicating the intervention-wise physical and financial targets for the year 2010-11.<br/>