The government has launched a special programme of Bringing Green Revolution in Eastern India, BGREI under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana from 2010-11.

The programme is being implemented in the eastern States including Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand Odisha, eastern Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. This was informed by Minister of State for Agriculture Mr Harish Rawat in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

He said under the scheme a bouquet of activities have been taken up that include block demonstration of rice and wheat technologies in cluster mode approach.

The Minister said the programme includes promoting resource conservation technology, creation of asset building activiites for water management, promotion of farm implements and need based site specific activities.

He informed that the total production of rice during 2011-12 in seven States of the eastern region is 5.54 million tones, which is about 21 percent more than the production in 2009-10.