By IANS,
Kolkata: There will be no dearth of resources to usher in a green revolution in India’s east and Rs.400 crore has been reserved for this, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here Saturday.
“There will be no dearth of resources as the programme moves on. We need to ensure that benefits of the scheme reach the farmers on time so that they can reap maximum benefit before the kharif (autumn sowing) season,” Mukherjee told a workshop on Green Revolution in Eastern Region.
He said there was a need to ensure future food stocks to meet calamities like drought. “Sustainable agricultural growth will lead to inclusive growth.”
The fund will be allocated in 2010-11 to six states — Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and eastern Uttar Pradesh.