PM to launch 4 new Agriculture ICAR schemes in Patna Home

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch four new schemes at the 87th foundation day of Indian Council of Agricultural Research to be held at Patna on July 25.The new schemes, Farmer First, Student Ready, ARYA and Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav (My village, My Pride) will be implemented by the ICAR, the Agriculture Ministry said in a release.

The Ministry said, "The importance of Bihar is more as India’s first Agriculture Research and Education Institute (IARI) was established in Bihar nearly 110 years ago at Pusa, Samastipur.” Besides, the Prime Minister will also distribute soil testing kits to three young farm entrepreneurs.

Associate Editor of national daily The Hindu Gargi Parsai is among the six journalists, who would receive from the Prime Minister, the 'Chaudhary Charan Singh Award for excellence in Journalism in Agricultural Research and Development'.

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