Union Minister of Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated the first-of- its-kind "National Speed Breeding Crop Facility" at the premier National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) in Mohali, Punjab.
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Union Minister of Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated the first-of- its-kind "National Speed Breeding Crop Facility" at the premier National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) in Mohali, Punjab. This initiative is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modiās priority of doubling the farmer`s Income, ensuring their economic empowerment and promoting Agri-StartUpsā. Biotechnology speedy seeds facility will cater to all the States of India but it will especially be useful for the North Indian States like Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and the UT of J&K. This facility will augment transformational changes in crop improvement programmes by accelerating the development of advanced crop varieties that could sustain climate change and contribute to the food and nutritional demand of the population with implementation of speed breeding cropping methods.
India's bio-economy has grown 13 folds in the last 10 years from $10 billion in 2014 to over $130 billion in 2024.
In the 3rd consecutive term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has been projected to emerge as the 3rd largest economy of the world and rise to be the largest in coming years.
Capital- Chandigarh
Chief minister- Bhagwant Mann; Governor- Banwarilal Purohit
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