Vice President M Hamid Ansari has emphasized the need for putting in place a 'Grow in India' programme so as to transform the socio-economic fabric of our agriculture sector. <br/><br/>Delivering the key note address at a seminar on "Public Investment and Subsidies on Agriculture Upliftment of Agrarian Economy" in Hyderabad on Saturday the Vice President said the government should take bold steps to materialize the idea behind the programme. <br/><br/>This would help in removing the deficiencies in our agriculture forming. He however said a strong political will and common consensus is required to make the programme successful. <br/><br/>Ansari further said that simultaneously social and economic problems have to be redressed as we try to strengthen the rural agrarian sector. <br/><br/>If the social gaps are not filled in any amount of funding go waste. He said the incidents of farmers' suicides is a matter of concern and it shows the stress and the agriculture sector is subjected to. <br/><br/>It is the increased investments and the use of modern technology rather than the utilization of subsidies that will enable us to reach our targets the Vice President added.