India and Russia will today celebrate 70 years of bilateral relations in the field of agriculture at Suratgarh in Rajasthan. An official release said, both Indian and Russian delegations will visit the Central State Farm (CSF) to commemorate the 70 years of agriculture relationship between the two countries. The CSF was set up in Suratgarh in 1956 with the assistance from erstwhile USSR.<br/> <br/>Minister of State for Agriculture Gajender Singh Shekhawat and his Russian counterpart Sergey Beletskiy will inaugurate Russian Machinery Museum and visit a Cattle Breeding Centre. <br/><br/>Russian scientists helped in laying the foundation of agriculture in the deserts of Thar, which brought about a change in the agriculture farming in nearby areas including fringe area of Punjab.